As the weather makes it easier for many of us to get out and about to explore our beautiful state, it may shine even brighter thanks to the work of West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection workers and volunteers. In fact, more than 6,000 of those volunteers took part this spring in ...
                        
                    
                    	                                    
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        It came as no surprise Monday when, following more than an hour of discussion, presentation of graphics, traffic counts and more, Wheeling Planning Commission members again refused to move forward a plan to site a car wash on a properly zoned piece of property in the city.
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                        Editor, News-Register:
I want to take a moment to talk about immigrants.  
Unless you are a Native American, you’re descended from an immigrant. Every nationality faced discrimination when they landed in the USA, save the British. Most were impoverished seeking a better life in a new land, ...
                        
                    
                    	                                        
                                        
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        As your state senator, I am proud to provide a summary of the transformational legislation that passed earlier this year. Under the leadership of Gov. Patrick Morrisey and others, we passed an incredible array of bills that will make generational improvements for our Northern Panhandle ...
                        
                    
                    	                                    
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        This weekend marks five weeks since lives in the Valley Grove and Triadelphia communities changed forever following flash flooding that killed nine of our friends, neighbors and family members. Mr. President, it’s time to sign the major disaster declaration that opens up funding and ...
                        
                    
                    	                                    
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        There will be a book signing from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday at the Moundsville Library. Authors Gary Rider and Roseanna Dakan Keller announced the release of their latest volume of Marshall County Patriots and Heroes. This is volume 15 in the series and features more stories of our local veterans. ...