Opinion: Why We Chose This Direction in Journalism
December 7, 2025 My whole life, I’ve noticed a trend, something almost everyone I’ve ever met has talked about at one point or another; I believe that America, possibly the world, has reached a point of turning, and we’re shifting towards another direction in getting our news. Gallup, Pew Research Center, and The U.S. Census…
Opinion: Appalachia Has Stories the Nation Never Hears
December 7, 2025 For years now, Appalachia has been overlooked, in the national sense, not because there are no stories here, but because nobody has ever bothered to look closely. I can remember as a child, we lived beside a convenient store in the town of Buckhannon WV, and I would constantly run over…
Opinion- When Writing Was Art: A Reflection on the Stories That Raised Us
December 7, 2025 As some of you might know, yesterday (December 6th, 2025) I was inspired, after some research, to post an article about how and why English and writing had changed her in America. I didn’t post that as an attack on anyone, but as a deep dive into a subject that has…
Opinion: The Missing Variable
Buckhannon, WV-December 5, 2025 When I was a child at the age of 9, I can remember watching the news so vividly; the year was 2001, and we lived in a post 9/11 world. I was young, I was afraid, I used to keep my brother up all night asking him ‘what if’ questions. Unfortunately,…
Opinion: The Tragedy on Lens Creek Road Should Break Every One of Us
HERNSHAW, W.Va., Dec. 3, 2025 — There are news stories that inform us, stories that inconvenience us, and then there are stories that shatter something inside us. The death of this eight-year-old child on Lens Creek Road is the kind of tragedy that forces us to stop and face the uncomfortable truth of how fragile…
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