This week I saw Ryan, one of my former high school soccer players for the first time in years. Ryan played at the turn of the century on our first three teams to win regional championships and go to the West Virginia State Soccer Tournament. One of those teams played Morgantown High for the ...
And finally it鈥檚 Christmas. A time for remembrance of happy Christmas past; for enjoying happy Christmas present; for anticipation of happy Christmas future. Many years ago, Francis Church of the New York Sun wrote a famous editorial in reply to a letter from an 8-year-old girl, Virginia ...
Some time next year Artemis II will blast off and carry a crew of four on a shakedown cruise to the moon. They will not land but will spend 10 days testing the systems needed to return humans to the surface. The trip will be a modernized version of a mission flown in 1968 that took three ...
As we get close to the start of the new year, the 2026 legislative session and the next election cycle, we鈥檙e seeing a lot of movement in the deck chairs. For example, Del. John Williams, D-Monongalia, will challenge Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, in the 13th Senatorial District covering ...
A correspondent鈥檚 short trip down the Ohio River, in July of 1889, from Parkersburg to New England [Wood County] concludes: We landed at New England, and was most hospitably entertained by Mr. Myron Pease, and his estimable wife with true New England hospitality. Sunday morning I attended ...
Has anyone else experienced a jump from Labor Day to nearly Christmas in the blink of an eye? When I realized (at this writing) that Christmas is a week away, it came as a shock. It鈥檚 not that I鈥檓 behind. The tree and decorations are up, most of the shopping has been completed. It鈥檚 just ...
