Renee Good should be alive. The activist, killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, met her end in tragedy. What has happened since, predictably, saw people rush to their tribal corners. ICE “murdered” Good. Good was the villain. Your politics positioned your stance. What got left behind were the facts and a press corps that proved again it cannot be trusted.
On the day of Good’s death, those who took ICE’s side claimed Good hit the ICE agent with her car. Others denied it.
If Gov. Patrick Morrisey is looking for a West Virginia comeback, it’s a good indication he understands the struggle has been overwhelming for far too long and hope is still hard to come by for too many Mountain State residents.
But during his State of the State address Wednesday, Morrisey was determined to focus on “a West Virginia we can be proud of,” for our children and grandchildren.
As he rightly pointed out, that means being honest about the fact that many in our state are still
ELKINS — Elkins City Council has approved the final reading of an ordinance that reduces the speed limit to 15 miles per hour in a defined residential area of Fourth Ward.
During the most recent City Council meeting, all nine council members present voted in favor of the final reading of Ordinance 349, which will reduce the speed limit to 15 miles per hour on all streets bounded by Sycamore Street, Randolph Avenue, Diamond Street and “the City’s eastern boundary.” Third Ward Councilman
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OLD TIME MUSIC: Join in on the first and third Mondays, 7-9 p.m. at The Arts Center in Elkins for an Old Time Music Session. Beginning musicians are encouraged to join in. Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, bass are welcome. Participants enter through the back
ATLANTA (AP) — Against a backdrop of political division and upheaval, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter said the holiday honoring her father’s legacy comes as “somewhat of a saving grace” this year.
“I say that because it inserts a sense of sanity and morality into our very troubling climate right now,” the Rev. Bernice King said in an interview with The Associated Press. “With everything going on, the one thing that I think Dr. King reminds people of is hope and the ability to
Overhauling Venezuela promises to be a chore. The Trump administration has had bad timing. Perhaps the President should be guided by Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, written in 1516. He observed that “the king, being distracted with the charge of two Kingdoms, could not properly attend to either.”
Given the affair in Minneapolis, this seems to be what Donald Trump is facing. Having an explosive situation incited by the killing of Renee Nicole Good and the subsequent distortion of that action by the
BEVERLY — Skills that Cynthia Bachorski obtained during her military service led to her being able to continue to work and open her own business despite being disabled.
Bachorski, who recently opened C Sew, an in-home sewing studio that provides professional alterations, tailoring and hand-crafted sewn goods, was faced with the burden of having to find a new job after being injured while serving her country.
Bachorski, who also repairs sewing machines through the Elkins Sewing Center at her
Gerald A. “Jerry” Brill, 88, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.
Military graveside services will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at 2 p.m. at Maple Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, D.C., until the end of the year, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.
The memo, signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and dated Wednesday, said “the conditions of the mission” warranted an extension past the end of next month to continue supporting President Donald Trump’s “ongoing efforts to restore law and order.”
Meanwhile, Trump has at least temporarily dropped his push to deploy National Guard
CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
Jan. 18, 1842: Wayne County was established from part of Cabell County. It was named for General “Mad Anthony” Wayne, a Revolutionary War hero who later defeated Ohio Indian tribes at the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers.
Jan. 19, 1818: The Virginia General Assembly established Preston County from part of Monongalia County. The new
