Last month, CNBC released its 2026 rankings of America's Top States for Business. Ohio finished first, the culmination of a two-decade climb from 30th place when the study began. West Virginia finished 46th. Last year we were 40th. In 12 months, while our neighbor across the Ohio River was ...
The announcement of a new WVU Medicine outpatient clinic coming to The Highlands shows us a couple of things. One, it shows us that the services WVU Medicine is providing are being used to a point where expansion is necessary. It also shows us that WVU Medicine is being proactive in accommodating its patients by opening a new, easily accessible space to offer those services. When completed, the new space at the Highlands will offer urology, ophthalmology, orthopedic sports medicine, rapid care and primary care services, as well as opportunities for laboratory work and diagnostic X ...
The Ohio Valley has been blessed with a wide array of organizations that help students throughout the region start the school year the right way, especially if those students need some help to do so. These last few weeks have seen a number of back-to-school fairs supply students in need with the supplies they need to be ready to learn. As so many parents are seeing right now, back-to-school shopping can be a drain on the wallet. But many groups are doing their best to lend a hand. The most recent came this past weekend when Bishop Darrell Cummings and the Bethlehem Apostolic Temple ...
Here’s a figure that should concern every single person that cares about children and their futures: for the 2026 school year, 84.5% of all West Virginia public school students are classified as “needy” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s an alarming statistic. And it doesn’t get any better when viewed in the context of our local region. Consider: Ohio County has 85% of its students identified as “needy,” Marshall County has 83%, Brooke County is at 85%, Tyler County stands at 88%, Hancock County reaches 74%, and Wetzel County sits at an astonishing 100%. Taken ...
No one should be surprised at how quickly the Wheeling Nailers were able to find a new NHL affiliate. It was less than a month between the Pittsburgh Penguins announcing it was ending its 29-year partnership with the Nailers and the Columbus Blue Jackets announcing earlier this week that they and the AHL Cleveland Monsters would become the new affiliates for the longstanding ECHL franchise in Wheeling. Location was a big selling point for everyone involved. Sure, the Penguins were less than an hour away from the Nailers, but the AHL Wilkes-Barre team was five and a half hours away. ...
Independent is no longer a bad word. Sit back and I'll tell you a tale of a perfect candidate for the House of Delegates in West Virginia trying to overcome the establishment on both sides of the political aisle working against him. A family man, a union leader, an understanding ear in a political world that seems detached from the cares and concerns of the actual electorate, and a true son of Appalachia. Dave Cantrell is running for House District 3 in the Northern Panhandle of our great state. While those of us that live in the Northern Panhandle know this all too well, as Cantrell ...
