What year did this take place? Alcatraz Prison is closed, Aretha Franklin releases “Laughing on the Outside”, Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, and Kellogg’s Froot Loops is introduced. Have you figured it out yet? Here are some more hints in the same year. Stevie Wonder releases ...

The Justice administration has ushered in what I believe is the most thrilling and exciting time in the history of West Virginia economic development. The citizens of our state are enjoying unprecedented success. We have so much for which to be thankful and many reasons to celebrate. A ...

The swimming pool at Moundsville’s East End Playground will reopen Thursday! The pool has been closed since March 1 for repainting as well as painting the walls throughout the building. Recreation Director John White said, “the pool really needed painted, and people from the regional ...

The last few days of any session of the West Virginia Legislature can be very dramatic. With bills running up against the deadline of midnight Saturday, lawmakers are crossing the hall trying to get the other chamber to move on their bills.There was some of that drama this year, but with the ...

The United States had 107,622 drug deaths in 2021, a 15% increase of 13,967 from 93,655 in 2020. Almost the entirety of the increase is due to fentanyl. West Virginia had 1,194 fentanyl and other synthetic opioid deaths in 2021, up 10% from 1,083 in 2020. This substance is now the No. 1 ...

Another phase dealing with a new Marshall County Health Department building is currently being undertaken. The most recent is an invitation to bid on removal of two existing buildings, site preparation and construction of a two-story health department building on the site. The deadline for ...