American Conservation Film Festival Observes, Examines, and Confronts in 2018 Claire Stuart October 8, 2018 Environment, Features Polluted air and water, mass extinctions, depleted fisheries, shrinking forests, rising temperatures—humans are making a...
Freedom’s Run at Year 10: Why We Do This Mark Cucuzzella September 11, 2018 Health & Wellness The average level of physical fitness in America has declined. At the same time, our attention is being outsourced to di...
Shepherd University Athletic Club Takes First Step Towards Prolific Future Mike Chalmers September 6, 2018 Features, Sports Shepherd University Athletics will officially announce the kickoff of the Shepherd University Athletic Club (SUAC) with ...
He Said. She Said. They Said. We Said. Mike Chalmers September 4, 2018 Environment, Features — Jefferson County divides itself over the arrival of Rockwool. As the title of this piece indicates, there’s a lot t...
Morgan Academy Takes Promising New Steps into Future and Beyond Evan Benhamu August 20, 2018 Community, Education Founded in 2004 by teachers Bernardine Somers and her friend Patty Neely (who retired in 2008), Morgan Academy is an inn...
Area School Systems Eye New Year on the Horizon H.S. Leigh Koonce August 18, 2018 Education, Features With schools slated to re-open on August 20, both Jefferson and Berkeley County (WV) school systems are continuing to se...
Victims of 2016 WV Flood Now Victims of Misallocation Katelyn Campbell August 18, 2018 Community, Politics It’s late June and I’m driving out a winding country road in northern Kanawha County. My friend and I are headed to my f...
Grassland Nesting Birds are Disappearing Doug Pifer August 18, 2018 Environment Eastern meadowlarks used to be common birds in local hayfields. Now they’re on a growing list of field-nesting birds—bob...
West Virginia’s Outdoor Heritage Needs Help from Our Senators Independent Submission August 1, 2018 Environment, Politics When I entered the Navy as a teenager, I didn't know much about the world. But as a backpacker and paddler, I knew I lov...
Diverse Network Pushes Full STEAM Ahead on Youth Learning Wendy Baracka, LICSW July 22, 2018 Education Educators taking a closer look at the impact of technology on learning are observing that we need to meet students where...
A More Perfect Union Independent Submission July 7, 2018 Politics There have been a couple of times in my life when the policies and politics of the U.S. have seemed so alien and inimica...
Song of the Wood Thrush Doug Pifer June 15, 2018 Environment It’s been a cool, dry spring, but now a welcome spell of mild, rainy weather softens the evening. Distant thunder rumble...
