Opinion

More Intel Issues in Ohio

Editorials

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when Gov. Mike DeWine, leaders of the Ohio Department of Development and JobsOhio learned the “well, actually …” that should have been attached to news a couple of weeks ago that Intel was going to “further slow the pace of construction in Ohio.” It was a red flag then that the company did not announce a new expected completion date. Now we know why. According to a report by WCMH, Intel also said it might have to stop work on the Ohio facility altogether if it cannot find external customers for its new 14A technology, which will not even ...

Extend Tax-Free Holiday in W.Va.

Editorials

Shoppers around West Virginia have been able to take advantage of the state’s tax-free holiday that started Friday and is set to end at 11:59 p.m. Monday. It’s a great opportunity for parents and students to finish up —or start — their back-to -school shopping where they’ll lose a little bit less in their wallets. Yet that begs a question: Why stop at just four days? State officials who traveled across West Virginia last week touting the tax-free weekend would have even more to crow about if they added more days to the benefit. It gives those shoppers more flexibility to ...

AI Is Upending the Job Market, But This Industry Is Hiring

Local Columns

Today’s college graduates face a startling reality: many of the jobs they were hoping for are rapidly disappearing because of AI. As Mike Rowe of “Dirty Jobs” fame recently observed, “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code. Well, AI is coming for the coders.” ...

Taking Time To Learn About West Virginia

Editorials

New West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson is taking a page out of the historian’s handbook as he begins his tenure. His inaugural “Welcome Home Tour” through Wheeling and beyond demonstrates a thoughtful and immersive approach to leadership. Spending this past Monday at Oglebay Park, where he met with students, alumni and community leaders, Benson, a history buff, made his first official stop at West Virginia Independence Hall, the state’s birthplace. He viewed the collections there and was given a tour by site director Debbie Jones. Benson’s goal is to ...

Time to Bring War In Gaza to a Needed End

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: In the past two months, more than 1,000 people seeking food have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office, as 28 nations recently condemned the “horrifying” killing of Gazans trying to get food,” according to Simon Mabon, Lancaster University. The Israelis are tearing my heart out. How dare the descendants of the greatest crime of all time — the Holocaust — not realize they are committing an equal crime against the people of Gaza, many of which are children. How dare Bibi Netanyeu blame his victims for the Israeli murder of thousands ...

Are We Losing That Wheeling Feeling?

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: TJ’s Sports Garden closed this past week. It’s sad to lose another establishment that occupied a niche of Wheeling’s personality. Since childhood, I loved to pass by TJ’s mural and marvel at the sports legends that have come from the Ohio Valley. My parents would point out some of the names and tell me their stories. Bill Mazeroski, Lou “The Toe” Groza, Bobby Douglas, The Wheeling Ironmen — they all became part of my personal history because we shared the same birthplace and because someone had found a creative way to remember them to the ...