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John McCabe: West Virginia's History Deserved More Than a Ferris Wheel

Local Columns

I traveled to Marietta, Ohio, about two weeks ago for a girls soccer game between Wheeling Park High School and Marietta High School. (Really good game, by the way. It ended in a 0-0 draw.) I’ve always enjoyed Marietta and appreciated its place in our nation’s history as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. Outside of Wheeling, it probably has as much historical significance as any city in our wider region. The residents there understand that history — and, more importantly, they celebrate it. Knowing that, and knowing how well Ohio has promoted ...

Labor Day Allows Us To Reflect On Progress

Editorials

No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break for most. They and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to take its toll. There will be sales and parades, backyard barbecues (maybe not everyone has closed their pools just yet?) and even a few ceremonies in which folks gather to remember the true purpose of the holiday: We owe the success of this country not to the politicians who want all the control and ...

Josh Sword: West Virginia Workers Have Earned This Labor Day

Local Columns

Circulating on social media is a screenshot of texts between a representative of The Beverage Market, which refuses to fairly negotiate with union workers in West Virginia, and one of the local businesses they serve. “Just wanting to check in and see if you were wanting to start ordering again,” The Beverage Market rep said. The customer said no, not until the strike ends. “When my union driver comes back, I will order.” That is music to our ears. The bedrock of the labor movement is solidarity. From the very start, it’s been the worker’s willingness to stand with ...

Reporter's Notebook: GOP Family Feud

Local Columns

I guess I should have waited a week to write my column about the possibility of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice getting into the 2028 Republican primary to challenge Gov. Patrick Morrisey, because now the cold war between the two I wrote about last week has become a hot one. Last week, the West Virginia Lottery Commission voted unanimously to approve the Greenbrier Resort's financing transaction between the Justice family and Kennedy Lewis Investment Management and change ownership and control in the associated board, which places KLIM in majority control of the hotel and casino. Mere moments ...

John McCabe: Wheeling's Pension Success Was Not An Accident

Local Columns

There may be no more impactful topic over the past quarter-century than how the city of Wheeling handled its police and fire pension issues. This past Tuesday morning, as I read Eric Ayres’ story on the current state of Wheeling’s police and fire pension funds, I recalled my first real introduction into municipal pensions — and their problems — in the early 2000s. I found a news story I wrote in October 2000 outlining how the city then was being required to ingest additional money into the funds — at the time, the annual contribution was about $750,000 each — and then ...

Data Center Debate Demands Good Faith

Editorials

There are many legitimate questions that need answered about Silicon Foundation’s proposed data center and energy technology campus in Warwood. How much electricity will it consume? What will the noise impact be? How much water will it use? What safeguards will protect nearby residents? How many jobs will it create? And what exactly could this development look like 10 years from now? Ask those questions. But if opponents demand and receive answers from Silicon Foundation representatives and then simply declare those answers to be lies? There’s no point in that. That was ...