Opinion

Ohio Breathes Easier

Editorials

There are still environmental worries to be addressed, and policymakers must not lose momentum on that front. But there was good news this week as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Ohio is no longer on the list of states that do not meet clean air standards. “The air is cleaner. What that means for families in Ohio: Your children are healthier. What it means for businesses in Ohio is that they are more competitive,” said U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator Anne Vogel. This is not only a success to celebrate, it could also mean a change for Ohio drivers one day. Because ...

To The Moon

Local Columns

If you're reading this today, I am in George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands in the middle of my third Royal Caribbean cruise. I'm writing this column before shipping off from Port Canaveral in Florida along the Space Coast, a short drive away from the launchpad where the Artemis 2 mission to orbit the moon took off. It seems every time I leave for my annual vacation, which sometimes is a cruise but usually is a week’s stay at my mother-in-law's timeshare in Kissimmee, I miss witnessing a rocket launch of some sort. These days, it's usually a SpaceX launch. In fact, ...

Reporter's Notebook: To The Moon

Local Columns

If you're reading this today, I am in George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands in the middle of my third Royal Caribbean cruise. I'm writing this column before shipping off from Port Canaveral in Florida along the Space Coast, a short drive away from the launchpad where the Artemis 2 mission to orbit the moon took off. It seems every time I leave for my annual vacation, which sometimes is a cruise but usually is a week’s stay at my mother-in-law's timeshare in Kissimmee, I miss witnessing a rocket launch of some sort. These days, it's usually a SpaceX launch. In fact, ...

Pope Urging Leaders To See Wisdom Of Christ's Words

Local Columns

Columnist Cal Thomas fired his guns at Pope Leo XIV for his comments on the armed conflict going on in the Middle East and the Pope’s preference for negotiation over war (The Intelligencer, April 10, 2026). A rebuttal is in order. First, this Pope or any Pope’s comments on a political situation are not infallible. Papal infallibility in Catholic practice is very rare and is carefully circumscribed to deal only with matters of faith and morals that can affect the eternal welfare of the faithful. Pope Leo has not claimed his views are infallible. Second, Mr. Thomas seems to think ...

Touchstone Helps To Boost West Virginia's Technology Landscape

Editorials

For a long time, West Virginia leaders have said that, in order for the state to grow and thrive, it must embrace and continue to advance in the technology field. The next step in that process happened this Friday in Triadelphia. Touchstone Advanced Components, located on Middle Creek Road in Triadelphia, cut the ribbon Friday on a new 12,500-square-foot manufacturing facility. This new facility will allow the company to expand its operations in using C-foam, a coal byproduct created by Touchstone about 20 years ago to create tools, molds and parts needed in the aerospace ...

Safe Haven Baby Boxes Important For Community

Editorials

There are some things in life that we hope are never used, but we’re much better off as a community that the option is there. Such is the case with the latest Safe Haven Baby Box that was blessed this past week at the headquarters of the Wheeling Fire Department. Safe Haven Baby Boxes allow a struggling mother wishing to surrender a child do so anonymously in a temperature-controlled and alarmed box. That box also will alert first responders, who will come and check that the child isn’t suffering any health issues. This is the second Baby Box at a Wheeling fire station, the ...