When the 87th Annual Meeting and Business Summit of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce convenes next week, business, education, healthcare, finance, political and community leaders from throughout our state will gather to discuss our recent successes and seek solutions for pressing West ...

I think I’m a pretty smart guy and I’ve been around the block or two, but a phone call I received last week made me aware that I can even be susceptible to fraud. While doing some work in my garage on Aug. 10 I received a phone call from an unknown I.D. In my line of work, I can ill ...

When you put things away and then years later decide to review them, you might be surprised what you find. That happened to me just a few weeks ago. In my case it was some newspaper clippings pertaining to the Moundview Health Care Center. The clippings consisted of four pages along with the ...

We all remember the harrowing image of a mushroom cloud over East Palestine. An explosive train derailment destroyed a small Ohio town and captured the nation’s attention. It is difficult to fathom how a singular event could upend the daily lives of thousands of our fellow Americans. ...

The 988 suicide crisis hotline marked a one year anniversary recently. Reporting shows it received 5 million contacts in its first year, further evidence of America’s complicated mental health challenge that the U.S. Surgeon General recently identified as a crisis. A driving force is often ...

Well, last week’s special session might be the most unusual special session I’ve seen in 13 years of being beneath the golden dome of the State Capitol Building. I’ve never seen a special session proclamation released giving lawmakers a mere 30 minutes to gavel in. Sure, lawmakers were ...