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Local Columns

Moving Mountains Made of Molehills

As your lone state government reporter here in Charleston, I have to cover both the House of Delegates and state Senate at the same time. Sometimes this means going to one chamber or the other. Sometimes that means having two computers open when two different committees are meeting at the same ...

Capito Focusing on W.Va. as Environment, Public Works Chair

After the American people made their voices heard in November, President Trump is now back in the White House with a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. In this new Congress, my role has expanded. For the first time, I will serve as the senior-senator from West Virginia, the ...

Marshall Memo: JMHS Queen Candidates To Compete, Steel Drum Band to Perform

The annual John Marshall High School Queen of Queens Pageant will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school’s Center for Performing Arts. The pageant will feature 10 senior girls competing for the crown and the honor of representing JMHS in the OVAC Queen of Queens Pageant in July. ...

WVU’s R1 Research Ranking Great for State

We learned earlier this month that West Virginia University has been reaffirmed as an R1 university, the highest possible research ranking, by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Achieving R1 is the benchmark for universities and ...

Heart to Heart

I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day, three days into the 60-day legislative session, and if Gov. Patrick Morrisey and some members of the Republican caucus in the House of Delegates have love for each other, I’m having a hard time seeing the floating hearts. Morrisey presented his first ...