Christina Myer

As people across the country were recounting their memories of Sept. 11, 2001, last week, in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of that tragedy, I realized something. I and others in newsrooms everywhere experienced it differently. When you work in news, especially if it is part of your job to keep an eye on the […]

Having a pet (or three) is weird. One minute you’re sound asleep, the next you are awakened by a perfect harmony of double meows alerting you to the fact that the cats would like their breakfast a bit early; and the dog joins in with a “Since you’re awake, I’d like to go outside,” bark. […]

Well, I did NOT go running down the big hill with my arms waving Muppet-style while yelling “Wheeeee!” but I did manage to finish this year’s News and Sentinel Half Marathon five minutes (ish) faster than last year – and ahead of 29 whole people! (The people who crossed the finish line are incredible and […]

With any luck at all, most of you are reading this while I’m making my way as quickly as my legs will allow up Fort Boreman Hill. Or perhaps flailing my arms like a muppet aaallllllll the way back down it and Marrtown Road to West Virginia 95. (I watched someone do that once during […]

If you are the kind of person who cringes when you think about what happened to the Library of Alexandria, or watched Dr. Elsa Schneider cry while Nazis burned books in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and thought “OK, she can’t be ALL bad,” you’re one of my people. It will pain you then, […]

July 21, 2026, will live in the memories of several communities across West Virginia for years. It is rare enough for ONE tornado to touch down in our region — often many years will go by without even an event that makes some suspect there was a tornado. But TWO? That’s the kind of thing […]

As we celebrate a long weekend meant to mark 250 years since the founders signed off on a document that included acknowledgment of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it’s important we remember how much responsibility we bear because of all that freedom. A former co-worker drew my attention this week […]

I had an opportunity this week to visit a town in another part of the state for a meeting, and while I was there, noticed a juxtaposition that is common all over the state — even here — but tends to be more noticeable when you observe it outside your own community. Alongside municipal infrastructure […]

Happy West Virginia Day, happy Juneteenth, happy Father’s Day, welcome to the start of summer … it’s a lot to cram into one weekend. You’d think a column writer would be able to land on one topic, wouldn’t you? You would be wrong, about this writer, anyway. In fact, it’s tempting to veer entirely into […]

Ever notice how ceremonial signings of high school athletes to college sports programs tend to feature lots of signage designed to promote the college, rather than the athlete who did all the work to earn the honor? (But at least the colleges and universities aren’t adding to the expense of the trip by printing new, […]