For a decade now, coal has been on the way out. The industry’s future was considered mainly dead and buried until the Trump administration decided to pull out every stop to dig it out of the grave. And this wasn’t caused by any “Green New Deal” boogeyman stuff: the coal industry does ...
Editor, News-Register: When traveling east on I-70, I hold my breath as I approach the on-ramp from Wheeling Island. While there is a yield sign, drivers punch the accelerator and force a merge. Perhaps a STOP sign is needed, then maybe drivers merging from the Island would at least slow down ...
The Marshall County Board of Education will continue offering free breakfast and lunch to all students regardless of income for the 2025-26 school year under the Community Eligibility Option. Extra milk costs 35 cents and a second lunch is $1.70, payable in cash at the time of purchase, while ...
As the school year is about to begin around the Ohio Valley, students and parents throughout the region are gathering what those kids need for that first day. Sadly, not every family will be able to afford them. Struggling valley families will do the best they can to make sure their students ...
Last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the appointment of the state’s newest solicitor general — the person who serves as the state’s lead attorney for appeals in state and federal court. He has chosen Mathura Sridharan, an Ohio native who has been deputy solicitor general ...
As if our county boards of education did not have enough to worry about, a recent report by The Reason Foundation suggests a trend may present big challenges for West Virginia public schools. In a look at public school enrollment across the country, the foundation said West Virginia was one ...