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Reporter's Notebook: Remembering 9/11

Local Columns

It's hard to believe that Friday marked 25 years since terrorists tied to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda flew airplanes into the two World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, with a fourth plane sent into the ground in a field in Pennsylvania due to the bravery of its passengers and likely saving more lives. A certain generation can remember where they were when they heard about the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into World War II. Another generation knows where they were when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated or when the Berlin Wall fell, signaling ...

With Recent Announcements, W.Va. Is Making This A Ballgame

Editorials

A little more than a year ago, we wondered whether West Virginia was even going to show up for Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s proposed “economic backyard brawl.” It has. And the scoreboard is getting tighter. Last August, we put the score at 49-0 in favor of our neighbors. Pennsylvania was touting $90 billion in energy and artificial intelligence investment. Ohio and Kentucky were cutting taxes. Virginia already had hundreds of data centers, with more planned. West Virginia? We were still trying to find the playbook and figure out who was supposed to be on the field. By November ...

Hoppy Kercheval: 9/11: The Test Of a Generation Carries On

Local Columns

Has it really been 25 years since the September 11 attacks? Consider this: Nearly half the U.S. population was either not yet born or too young to remember when the World Trade Center towers burned and collapsed, when a hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon, and when Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville. Perhaps for them, 9/11 will be what Pearl Harbor was for older Americans. Growing up, I knew well the significance of Dec. 7, and the immortal words of President Roosevelt declaring that the date would “live in infamy.” But the event was not burned into my consciousness as it ...

John McCabe: Coming Full Circle on Ohio County Jail

Local Columns

I have a little history with the former Ohio County Jail on Eoff Street. Thankfully, it’s not the kind that involved fingerprints, mug shots or a phone call home. Rather, the jail was one of the first big stories I tackled after arriving in Wheeling as a young reporter and being handed the Ohio County government beat. Back then, West Virginia was working through a major change in how it housed prisoners. The Ohio County Jail had closed in 1994 with the opening of the Northern Regional Jail that year. By the beginning of 1998, the state was again housing prisoners at the Eoff Street ...

Letter: November Nears. Get Out the Vote Locally

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: As the November elections approach, we are reminded that democracy depends on active participation. Voting is one of the most important ways citizens can make their voices heard and help shape the future of our country. But civic engagement should not stop at casting of our own ballots. Each of us can play an important role in motivating others to vote as well. An effective way to do this is by sending postcards out to registered votes who don’t always participate in elections. An easy way to do this is by using Activate America to send post cards to ...

Letter: If Loans Are Capped Today, Who Trains?

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Most healthcare affordability debates are focused on patients’ costs for care. But far less attention is paid to an urgent affordability crisis: the costs to become the nurses our healthcare system desperately needs. When practicing and aspiring nurses cannot afford the very education needed to provide high-quality patient care, step into advanced practice roles, or train the next generation of nursing students, those financial barriers are not just workforce policy – this becomes workforce deterrence. Recent policy from the Department of Education to cap ...