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Caring for Our Seniors

Editorials

Elected officials and policymakers in Ohio have plenty to work on in the coming years. We talk a lot about the loss of population, but there’s a follow-up to that: The Buckeye State’s population is shrinking AND aging. Data projections show that by 2040, the percentage of residents 65 or older will rise to 25%, while the percentage of those 85 and older will make an even more significant leap. This is not just an Ohio problem, of course. That will be an unprecedented challenge to our social infrastructure — Medicaid, housing, transportation, long-term care — all while ...

Pats on the Back

Editorials

- To everyone who rang bells this holiday season for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign. Your time and efforts will help a lot of people in need throughout the Ohio Valley. - To Wheeling Park High School football player Brennan Wack, who won his unprecedented second Curt Warner Award as West Virginia’s top prep running back. It was the capper to an amazing high school career. - To the anonymous benefactor who donated $225,000 toward building a new sale and show arena at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. That is no small gift, and will benefit everyone who uses those ...

It Is Now Time To Power Up West Virginia’s Future

Local Columns

Nearly a century ago, our grandparents built the transmission lines that lit up West Virginia’s farms, homes, and towns. Their grit and vision pulled us out of the dark and gave us the foundation for a thriving state. Today, we face a new challenge: those same transmission lines are aging, overloaded, and breaking down. They simply weren’t built for the demands of modern life. The result? More outages, higher costs, and missed opportunities for West Virginia families and businesses. If we don’t act, things will only get worse. But if we step up, just as our grandparents did, we ...

Show Kindness in the New Year

Editorials

As the calendar pushes past Christmas Day and toward the New Year, it gives us time to reflect on the Ohio Valley’s 2025. And what a year it was. During the last 12 months, we saw plenty of tough times. But through those times, we saw shining examples of kindness and community. That was no more evident than in the devastating flash floods in Ohio County. Nine lives were lost, along with dozens of homes. Families were forced to rebuild almost, if not entirely, from scratch. And many of those families struggled to find the means to do so. Yet, in the days, weeks and months that ...

Extend ACA Credits, Then Find Real Solutions

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Listening to the debate in D.C. on the issue of extending the Affordable Care Act health care tax subsidies brings me back to the Clinton years. The arguments some in Congress are using are the same as those they used to defeat the Clinton plan and the arguments used later to try to defeat the ACA: “If people get to have a choice where to spend their health care money, it will bring down the cost of health care. We need to reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals. People should get the money not the insurance companies.” These are great talking points, but our ...

A Good Path Forward

Editorials

The Ohio County Family Resource Network gave Ohio County flood victims a wonderful gift for the holidays — the chance to come together and talk. The organization hosted a gathering at the Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department as a way for victims to just sit down and discuss what they’ve gone through over the past six months. For some, it’s really the first time they’ve been comfortable in talking about what they’ve witnessed and what they’ve experienced. It wasn’t just the opportunity to talk to each other. A grief counselor also was on site for anyone who needed ...