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Look Back: Animal antics in the Mid-Ohio Valley

GO SLOW Day before yesterday, one Johnson, from the country took on a load of “Lightening Whiskey,” and mounted his steed for a ride; but being unable to “go slow,” was handed over to the Recorder who fined him one dollar and costs for fast riding. “All Right On The Goose” ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Week one at the West Virginia legislative session

Well, last week was an interesting start to the 2026 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature. In my previous column, I told you about the comments from former state Senate Finance Committee chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, when he told attendees of the West Virginia Press ...

Editor’s Notes: Keeping your eyes on legislators

If your attention is heightened at the start of “political season” like mine is, I hope you’ve perused the bills introduced so far in the regular session of the West Virginia Legislature. It’s an eye-opening look at who cares about propelling West Virginia into a bright future with a ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Standard of living – questioned

Aldo Leopold, a man considered by many as the father of modern conservation wrote, “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things ...

Op-ed: We’ve got to do better

I’m writing this week to make a quick correction to a piece of mine that was published in the News and Sentinel last weekend and to discuss a few other subjects. In my piece last weekend, I mistakenly referred to 900 households or “units” in Parkersburg, for which the city has ...

Op-ed: The hospital factor in West Virginia’s economic future

As Chair of the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) Board of Trustees, I want to commend Governor Morrisey and the West Virginia Legislature for their leadership and focus on job growth and economic development as the legislative session begins. From my perspective, working at the ...