The Economy & Pessimism America has lots of reasons for optimism. The US economy is booming. We have full employment. Unemployment is at 3.5%, a 54-year low. Real wages are rising after years of declines. Inflation has cooled to a reasonable 3.2%.. There will be no recession this year – or next. That’s the mainstream news and it’s all true. Strong growth, record unemployment, plummeting inflation. The Atlanta branch Read More…
The data released from different reports can be confusing, because each uses its own metrics. But each has its value. The most recent infrastructure report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), “Report Card for West Virginia’s Infrastructure,” lists 20 percent of the Mountain State’s bridges as structurally deficient. But that report Read More…
Loretta E. McCumbers, 69, of Sand Fork, WV; departed this earthly life in the mid-afternoon hours of Saturday, August 8, 2026 at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, WV; following a brief illness. She was born September 17, 1956 in Weston, WV; daughter of the late Clyde W. Ball and Nora (Curtis) McCord. Loretta Read More…
