When House Speaker Mike Johnson lashed out at last weekend’s “No Kings” rallies soon to arrive on Washington’s National Mall, he reached for an old conservative refrain: “They hate capitalism. They hate our free enterprise system.”
I am sure he’s correct about some of the protesters. But the message rings hollow coming from a party leader that stands by as President Donald Trump does precisely what Johnson rightly decries: substituting political control for market choice and ruling by executive
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel’s parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an “insult” and went against the Trump administration policies.
Hard-liners in the Israeli parliament had narrowly passed a preliminary vote in support of annexing parts of the West Bank — an apparent attempt to embarrass Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Vance was still in the country.
The bill, which
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia coaches and players have a lot to do during the week. They have to correct the past and then quickly prepare for the future. There are only a couple of days to do so. This is similar for journalists. Sunday and Monday are for looking at what happened in the past, and then you quickly have to move on to the game ahead.
You can look at stats, box scores and watch some highlights, but you don’t get the nitty-gritty details that a full-time beat writer would.
So, we
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REVIVAL: Flanagan Hill Church at Red Creek will be holding a revival today and Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. Pastor Jimmy Harr will be bringing the message. Special singing each night. Everyone is invited to attend.
RETIRED EMPLOYEES MEETING: The
Mrs. Vickie Aurora England Campbell, 60, a resident of Belington, departed this life Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 21, 2025, at her home. Death was unexpected.
She was born Feb. 27, 1965, at Washington, D.C., a daughter of Lowell Dwight “Bud” and Linda J. Plum England, who survives in Belington.
On June 13, 1986, she was united in marriage to Eric Paul Campbell, who survives at their home in Belington.
In addition to her husband and parents, she is survived by one daughter, Kendall Campbell and
MORGANTOWN — One of Rich Rodriguez’s favorite things to do after West Virginia’s weekly press conferences, and arguably the whole week other than coaching, is watching high school players film. Whether that’s from commits or players he could recruit.
“Those kids get me a little bit of jump in my step and get excited because I see some of what we got coming in,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez gets even more excited when he sees his coaching staff improving players, because he knows in the back of his
Floyd Gilbert Estridge Jr. passed away Oct. 20, 2025, at approximately 4 a.m.
A graveside service will be held at the Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ann Fretwell officiating.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Randolph County Humane Society, P. O. Box 785, Elkins, WV 26241 or the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675-8516 in memory of Floyd.
The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the
Dear Annie: A few months ago, my younger sister, “Kate,” announced during dinner that she and her boyfriend were moving to Nashville to “start fresh.” Everyone wished her well, but I was blindsided. What she didn’t share was that she’d already told me she was leaving our family business — the bakery our parents started 30 years ago and that she and I have been running together since Mom retired.
I manage the finances and supply orders, and Kate runs the front and does most of the decorating.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday new “massive sanctions” against Russia’s oil industry that are aimed at moving Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and bringing an end to Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine.
The sanctions against oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil followed months of calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as bipartisan pressure on Trump to hit Russia with harder sanctions on its oil industry, the
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency has withdrawn from consideration after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted. Paul Ingrassia, who was nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel, had been scheduled to have his confirmation hearing this week. On Monday, however, Politico reported on a text chat that showed him saying the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.”
