The town of Gilbert in Mingo County and the town of Man in Logan County have benefited from ATV trails there. Where coal trucks once dominated state roads through those communities, ATVs are now a common sight. Lodging and food service businesses have sprung up to service the thousands of in…

It has been 100 years since the attempted invasion of Logan County.

Why did President Biden leave all our weapons in Afghanistan? Was he not thinking? What about our hostages? He's an embarrassment to all Americans, and needs to be removed from office. Wake up, Americans -- especially those who voted for him. Shame on you.

I will apologize ahead of this writing for what may appear on the pages of this particular column — a totally unprepared narrative caused by both life and death. Frankly, though, every written word that follows in this particular composition I’m simply going to blame on the pandemic. And why not?

Utility regulators in Kentucky and Virginia have decided their states’ residents will no longer subsidize coal-fired power plants in West Virginia. That could be a problem.

You may be “up in years,” you may be ill or handicapped or you may be going through hard times. No matter: If your mind is agile and your fingers are nimble, you can write a book.

So much for a normal school year. Or a normal anything where two or more people gather.

As the school year opens, hopefully with in-person classes, it’s time to focus on the recent West Virginia Board of Education report noting “student proficiency in math, English and science declined from 2019 to 2021.” Depriving students of stable in-person academic instruction since March 2…

My father was a coal miner, as was my grandfather, most of my uncles, several cousins, and nearly every neighbor I had while I was growing up in my little coal camp community of Verdunville, more specifically called No. 16 camp, where the post office and Island Creek Coal Company store were …

West Virginia is home to rolling hills, roaring rivers, and vast forests that make our state Almost Heaven. Those same treasures make for rough terrain and communities that lack access to broadband and upgraded infrastructure. Across the Mountain State, 1,545 bridges and more than 3,200 mile…

After a long wait, the Census Bureau has released local-level results of its population count last year. Now the (political) fun begins.

By the time you are reading this, I will have already attended my 1971 Logan High School class reunion that was this past Friday and Saturday, and I now am looking forward to our annual family reunion to be held, as usual, the second Saturday of the month at Chief Logan State Park, this year…

Logan County, particularly the town/city of Logan, is saturated with history. While some of it may fall into the “good” category and some in the “bad” category, I find that nearly all of it is interesting and that much of it is simply fascinating.

Color or black and white?

This week the Census Bureau will release the information that federal, state and local officials have been wanting for months. On Thursday, the bureau will release detailed population counts from last year’s census.

West Virginia legislators have begun their listening tour to receive public comment on how to redraw legislative and congressional district boundaries after the Census Bureau releases detailed population data next month.

Can you believe the town of Logan has a real “Secret Santa”?

It seems to me that more people than ever are heading out on vacations this summer.

As 1,246 employees of the former Mylan Inc. factory (now Viatris) in Morgantown prepare to join the ranks of out-of-work West Virginians, they can look back to the 1980s for the source of their discomfort.

I try each week to write something of interest that I hope readers of this column can relate to. Whether it’s history- or sports-related, I do strive to pen stories that appeal to my own interests, knowing, of course, that not everybody has the same interests as myself.

For at least the last several election cycles I have been rankled by a political phenomenon that I am hard put to explain: the appallingly bad quality of Democratic Party messaging, especially in national campaigns. Republicans, clearly, have been winning the messaging wars, though at times …

West Virginia has borne more than its share of problems related to the opioid epidemic, and statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week brought that point home further.

It’s not working. Our nation’s approach to immunizing Americans against COVID-19 did not reach the goal of 70% vaccinated by July 4th. Only about 53% are fully immunized. Providing free easily available vaccinations against a disease that killed over 600,000 Americans and almost 3,000 West V…

In one of the least surprising announcements of the year, an environmental nonprofit group says Appalachia has a multibillion-dollar problem with coal mine reclamation.

Way back when Trailways buses were traveling throughout Logan County and at least four taxicab services existed within the busy little town of Logan, women came from far and near to shop, while men found their ways to Logan, perhaps to visit one of the many pool halls or beer joints that cou…

Eighty-nine years is a long time in terms of trying to resolve a hideous murder that captivated local residents at that time in 1932, likely because of the circumstances surrounding the slaying of a young woman who — let’s just say — was “loved” by many.

The long-awaited (by some people) death of the coal industry has been postponed for a year or two.

Talk about seeing a life flash by in front of your eyes! Imagine closing a business after 25 years and rifling through the voluminous files of customers, suppliers, industry mags, personal contacts, important memos or research. To double the fun, make the company a book publisher.

In the weeks since the Census Bureau released its state-level population count showing West Virginia continues to lose population, there has been weeping and gnashing of teeth over this state’s continued inability to match other states’ population growth.

Now that another Hatfield-McCoy Marathon can be termed as a success in neighboring Mingo County, as well as in Pike County, Kentucky, the town of Williamson — so named for Wallace Williamson, a distant relative — is gearing up for yet another festive activity this coming weekend. The downtow…

There’s something about electric vehicles that sounds too good to be true — maintenance.

The school year is over. Students have attended their last day of the year. Now it’s on to summer vacation, which ends in mid-August.

It appears that we can finally see the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel and that America is getting somewhat back into its normal self, despite pleas from federal and state officials for more people to get vaccinated. And since the July 4th holiday has emerged as the date President Jo…

Million-dollar lotteries. College scholarships. Beer.