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ZITO: The choices that we make

WHEELING, West Virginia -- West Virginia is the only state in the United States that is located entirely within the 13-state, 423-county Appalachian region. Much of the beauty, sorrow and challenges we think of when it comes to the region originated here, where isolation, a strong work ethic ...

Guest opinion: A new Hallmark movie pitch

Producer: I hope you’ve got something for me. The executives are insisting I give them a more realistic plot! It’ll never work. Scriptwriter: No worries! I found a great real-life couple to write about. They’ve been married for 36 years! Producer: Wow! I didn’t know people still did ...

Guest opinion: The coming of the ICE Man

“You’re all afraid to face what you really are.” — The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neil During its October 2024 session, Senate Democrats and Republicans fashioned a smart, sensible, and compassionate bipartisan immigration bill that had enough support in both the Senate and House to ...

Guest opinion: Northern Utah’s new climate normal

Northern Utah has always been a land of contrasts: mountains and valleys, pioneers and tech bros, Cougars and Utes. But lately, the region has embraced a new identity: America’s premier climate-change laboratory, complete with a once great lake, vanishing snow, dust storms, forest fires, and ...

Guest opinion: Why do we promise to be better people every January?

This year, I had no New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been wondering about that. Does it have to do with the peculiar winter we’ve been having? Most of December and early January felt like March, minus the crocuses, and so there was no weather-related catalyst for self-reflection, no seasonal ...