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Update on historical local bridge

Dear Editor, It has been reported recently by the West Virginia Department of Transportation that the $17.9 million project to rehabilitate the historic Wheeling suspension bridge also known as the “Gateway to the West” has been successfully completed. It is now anticipated that a formal decision will be made hopefully soon as to whether the structure will once again be permitted to support the vehicular traffic as it has done so very successfully for many decades or that may serve exclusively as a pedestrian walkway. Work originally began on the construction of the Wheeling ...

DC and Google

Dear Editor, The Democrats and RINOs in Washington DC are in panic mode and realtors and algorithms on Google are showing the truth. If you don’t think the layoffs and shutting down of wasteful departments aren’t real, all you have to do is look at what is happening in the housing market in the Washington DC area. Homes are going up for sale in large numbers. Now I hate anybody to lose their job, but if that job was created through bloated bureaucratic waste of taxpayer dollars, I don’t have much sympathy. If bureaucrats are forced to find affordable housing in line with the ...

Social Work Month

Dear Editor, March is designated by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as Social Work Month. As members of NASW, we wish to recognize and thank all the social workers in our community that help those who live in our small towns and rural areas navigate life’s many challenges. In the course of our work, people often ask us what do social workers do? It is a simple question, that requires a complex answer. Historically, social workers have successfully advocated for the establishment of social security, the 40-hour work week, Medicare, and the minimum wage. Today, ...

A thirst for power

Dear Editor, President Trump claims his actions are what the American people overwhelmingly voted him into office to do. If that is true, why should we be shocked by the things he says and does. Is this really what everyone who voted for him expected him to do? And was he really voted in overwhelmingly? I haven’t heard the latest statistics on the final tally of the popular vote but the last news I heard after the election was that it was not an overwhelming victory. Some people I’m sure voted for him simply because they didn’t like Kamala Harris, some voted for Kamala because ...

March is MS Awareness Month

Dear Editor, n 2006, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). When diagnosed, I did not know what MS was. Others, along with myself, experience the various challenges of MS. No one has chosen to live with MS, it has chosen us. Every hour, someone is diagnosed with MS, a chronic disease of the central nervous system for which there is no cure. MS interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body. A few of the impacts of someone with MS could be one or more of these experiences however, there are numerous others. An individual may experience continuous headaches, ...

DOGE is exposing wasteful spending

Dear Editor, Can you really believe the democrats screaming about DOGE exposing and trying to stop the wasteful government spending? They say people are going to die, but refuse to explain how supporting bull is saving lives! The beneficial programs will not be touched! The say Musk was not elected, but neither was the EPA and other agencies lazy politicians have used for years to mandate legislation they could not pass until the Supreme Court finally stepped in and stopped it as unconstitutional! Decades late! They have cost Americans millions in compliance and cost jobs all ...