Community Features Valley Voice July 21, 2026 Guest Contributor Featured this week: Renee Anderson Summer’s heat, haze, and humidity are with us these days, although daily high temperatures seem to have moderated slightly, peaking in the high 80s rather…
Opinion A SINGLE FIREFLY July 21, 2026 Guest Contributor Every summer here I delight in the day that the fireflies return. I love watching their blinking lights filling the meadow behind my home. Sometimes I see hundreds of them…
Opinion Milkweed and Monarch Conservation July 21, 2026 Guest Contributor With their brilliant orange and black pattern, monarch butterflies (Danaus Plexippus) are one of the most recognizable butterfly species across North America. Their migration can cover thousands of miles and…
Community Features Valley Voice July 14, 2026 Guest Contributor Featured this week: Renee Anderson The heat and humidity appear to have settled in for a stay but those clouds have a silver lining as the rain and morning dew…
Opinion Help for Veterans who are Homeless or at Risk July 14, 2026 Guest Contributor By Brian Fletcher The Veterans’ Administration (VA), HUD, and other housing programs across the US utilize a yearly Point-In-Time count survey, generally conducted in January, to determine the number of…
Opinion COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME July 14, 2026 Guest Contributor By Deb White When Rod Tenney graduated from WVU in the mid 80’s, he moved back home to Webster County. Although his degree wasn’t in education, his degrees in Biology…
Opinion On the 250th, long may she wave. July 7, 2026 Guest Contributor Larry Case Larryocase3@gmail.com gunsandcornbread.com Happy Independence Day to all of you wonderful readers. If like me you are currently festooned in the joint endeavors of getting ready for the 4th…
Opinion COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME July 7, 2026 Guest Contributor By Deb White Every community has stories worth telling. Some are about the people who found their way to Webster County and decided to make it home. Others are about…
Community Features Valley Voice July 7, 2026 Guest Contributor Featured this week: Renee Anderson Hot days and only slightly cooler nights are here as we all experience full-on summer. The upside isthat it does make the gardens grow! A…
Community Features WORK CAMP KINDNESS July 7, 2026 Guest Contributor It was a hot, humid Summer’s day several years ago. I was driving along the road being grateful for both the sun shining off the green leaves and my car’s…
