In what can best be described as an eyeroll reaction moment, Governor Jim Justice recently called for conservative rural Virginia counties who disliked the Commonwealth’s new Democratic leadership to secede and become a part of West Virginia. Liberty University President and evangelist Jerry Falwell Jr. — [Read More]

Another day, another column on page A-4 of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph moaning about how poor Donald Trump is being treated unfairly. Charles Owens apparently believes being “duly elected” immunizes a president from impeachment, even if his actions are blatantly unethical and illegal. Mr. Owens criticizes — [Read More]

Coal producer Murray Energy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The nation’s largest privately held coal mining operation, Murray is merely the latest casualty of a changing energy landscape as consumers shift to cleaner and cheaper sources of power. Company founder Robert Murray has — [Read More]

I regularly peruse the official Facebook page for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph — partially because I prefer print news over broadcast, and partially to chuckle over some of the comments left behind by readers. While their posts don’t garner the number of responses seen on — [Read More]

It was a warm night in Charlotte, NC, on August 30. I was at the beautiful PNC Music Pavilion to enjoy a concert by 1970s rock icon Peter Frampton. I’d never seen him during his heyday, although like millions of others, I had played his — [Read More]

For nearly two centuries West Virginians watched as mining operations greedily chewed up millions of tons of earth to extract coal. They saw the coal shipped out of state to feed America’s industrial revolution. They watched the profits leave to fatten up far-away bank accounts. — [Read More]

Our planet is getting warmer. Average global temperatures have risen 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, with two-thirds of this warming having taken place since 1975. Siberia is undergoing an unprecedented thaw. In large areas, the frozen ground that for thousands of years has insulated the permafrost far — [Read More]

Lee Iacocca has passed away. While his name isn’t familiar to most people today under the age of 60, in his prime Iacocca was renowned as a car man extraordinaire; one of the “old guard” executives in the auto industry whose vision helped to propel — [Read More]

Longtime Trump confidante and press secretary Sarah Sanders announced recently that she is leaving the position at the end of June and heading home to Arkansas. Ordinarily, the first question on everyone’s mind would be, who is going to replace her? Not very many people — [Read More]

That Donald Trump is a compulsive liar is pretty obvious to most people, whether they will admit it or not. His lies are so blatant and numerous that the collective eyes and ears of the country — indeed, the entire world — grow weary from — [Read More]