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Opinion

Community To Celebrate Wheeling Park˾ֱs 100th Birthday

Editorials

On Dec. 24, 1924, community leaders answered W.E. Stone˾ֱs call by raising the money needed to save Wheeling Park from developers. The actions taken by that group kept the park a public treasure, and nearly 100 years later, Wheeling Park remains strong. This past Saturday, some of the ...

Oglebay Tops for Holiday Getaway

Editorials

Readers across the country have affirmed this month what those of us here in the Upper Ohio Valley already know: Oglebay Resort truly is a special place, particularly during the holiday season. From the Winter Festival of Lights ˾ֱ now in its 40th year ˾ֱ to the Festival of Trees, the ...

Put Funds to Use Against Opioids

Editorials

This week, the West Virginia First Foundation will meet again ˾ֱ this time to start determining who will receive a share of the $19.2 million in Initial Opportunity Grants. It truly is a heavy responsibility to ensure this money is handed out responsibly ˾ֱ and to worthwhile causes. ...

The Special Session That Wasn’t

Local Columns

Either as a reporter or a staff member, I have been under the golden dome of the State Capitol Building for going on 15 years in January. I have seen many things, but I have never seen the confusion that was caused last week for one day over how to call a special session in December following ...

Pearl Harbor a Day We Must Not Forget

Editorials

Eighty-three years ago, on the Sunday morning of Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. military bases in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, were assaulted in what has been termed a ˾ֱsneak attack˾ֱ by Japan. It surely was that, as Japanese planes filled the skies and attacked our stationed ships. Since then, we ...

America˾ֱs Game: Army Honors 101st Airborne at Bastogne

Local Columns

When Army takes the field against Navy on December 14, West Point players will proudly display ˾ֱBastogne˾ֱ logos on their chest. The logo honors the heroics by the 101st Airborne Division, the ˾ֱScreaming Eagles,˾ֱ during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. In June 1944, Supreme Allied ...