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Hunt Column: Tampa, Florida
By Jim Hunt for the News and Journal Just seven weeks after two devastating hurricanes battered Tampa, Florida, I arrived...
Read moreThis Week in WV History
Nov. 21, 1810: Allen Taylor Caperton was born in Monroe County. Caperton served in the Confederate Senate during the Civil...
Read moreNext Week at the Palette
By Bethany Nuzum The Palette, located upstairs at 225 Pike St, in Shinnston is offering: Watercolor Thursday, November 21, 1:00pm,...
Read moreFrom L’Osservatore Romano: A pioneering religious sister
From L’Osservatore Romano With a vision shaped by international exposure and a deep desire to pray in the local language...
Read moreWest Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals to Determine Fate of Lincoln High School Football Playoff Hopes
By Stephen Smoot Two Fridays ago, Lincoln High School’s football team had resigned itself to missing the playoffs. ...
Read moreLincoln High School DECA Club Gives Back to the Community
By Stephen Smoot Last year, the Lincoln High School DECA Club won a community improvement grant applied toward improvements...
Read moreOpinion Editorial: Lessons In Law From the WVSSAC
By Stephen Smoot This article comes not to bury the WVSSAC but, at least initially, to praise it. ...
Read moreLane Column: Challenges of Progress
By Charlotte Lane: West Virginia Public Service Commission West Virginia has approximately 500 water and sewer utilities. The Public Service...
Read moreNext Week At the Palette
By Bethany Nuzum The Palette, located upstairs at 225 Pike St, in Shinnston is offering: Calming Art Thursday, November 14,...
Read moreVoters Narrowly Approve Amendment One by Almost 6,100 Votes
By Stephen Smoot In an election cycle with few close races, West Virginia voters did narrowly pass one important...
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