Opinion

Open Borders Don’t Help Immigration

Local Columns

In 2002, my son Danny and his wife Mary Jo had begun trying to obtain a visa for Aaliyah, Danny’s Filipino stepdaughter, for nearly two years, but to no avail. It was very frustrating since Danny was an active, career U. S. Army Sergeant. Upon returning from over a year of deployment in Iraq in 2005, Dan and his family were reassigned to a tour of duty in Germany. While in Germany, they continued to apply for a United States visa for Aaliyah at the state department in Frankfurt. No luck. It was then that they asked Peggy if she and I would try to contact politicians at home to ...

Don't Let Scam Kiosks Hijack Bitcoin’s Name

Local Columns

Imagine this situation for just one second: In a convenience store or grocery store, an older neighbor stands at a "Bitcoin ATM," phone pressed to their ear, cash in hand. A voice on the other end is rushing them, “a warrant is out,” or, “a bank account is frozen,” or even worse, “ a grandchild is in trouble,” - something that can only be fixed if they feed cash into the machine immediately. These scams are absolutely brutal: once that cash is converted into crypto and sent, it can be gone in minutes. It’s straight-up theft, and it is fast, humiliating, and often ...

Respect for the Aetnaville Bridge

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Following the extensive repair work recently completed on the historically iconic Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the West Virginia Division of Highways has determined that the wonderful structure – which was originally opened in 1849 and became known as the “Gateway to the West” and has been officially recognized as the oldest working vehicular suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere, from 1980 until its closure to vehicular traffic in September 2019 – is no longer safe for vehicular and traffic and will be available for pedestrian use ...

Help Rotary Clubs ‘Rise Against Hunger’

Editorials

Anyone looking to do some good for the greater community on March 14 should head down to the “Rise Against Hunger” meal-packing event. to run from 9 a.m. to noon that day at St. Jude’s Church Hall, 826 Jefferson Ave., Glen Dale. Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Moundsville, New Martinsville and Wheeling, the groups are expecting to pack at least 30,000 meals that day and are targeting a goal of 40,000 meals. These meals will be sent across the globe, including some areas of the United States, to help feed those who are in distress from natural disasters, war and famine. Last ...

Improving Teens' Mental Health

Editorials

When the governor declared this Teen Mental Health Awareness Week in West Virginia, he expanded on the events of World Teen Mental Wellness Day — March 2, which was meant to increase awareness about the emotional and mental wellbeing of our state’s young people. Teenagers are facing assaults on their mental health earlier generations may have a difficult time understanding. (They may also have a difficult time recognizing what some of those same challenges are doing to them). Julie Gomez, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in West Virginia, said “Teen ...

Helping Workforce Training

Editorials

Disappointing as much of it is, there is some work being done in Washington, D.C., that will actually make a difference for the rest of us. Ohioans, in fact, can point to the Employer-Directed Skills Act, introduced by U.S. Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, says he has joined the effort, which would help employees get the training they need for in-demand skills that meet workforce needs. There is also a component that would help employers find potential employees based on their participation in training programs. Efforts to cut through ...