Editor鈥檚 note: This column originally appeared Aug. 9, 2024 Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! Autumn is just around the corner. Fall is a good time to plant turnips, kale and rutabagas. Many of you may be unfamiliar with the rutabaga (Brassica napus). Rutabagas are a cool season ...
A hundred years ago, a walk around Marietta would have brought you the sounds of a city building things from a wide variety of businesses that were producing a wide variety of goods within walking distance of where people live. The city was buzzing with the sound of giant saws and hammer ...
For too long, West Virginia has sat at the bottom of health, education, and economic rankings. Policymakers have spent decades trying to solve these problems, but frustratingly little progress has occurred. Action, not platitudes, is needed for true growth. If we want to truly move the ...
One of the great things about being a news reporter is getting to sometimes hit the road and explore parts of the state I鈥檝e never been to, as well as meeting the people who make this state go. Last Wednesday, I hopped in my car and drove from Charleston to Mason County. I鈥檝e been ...
Town Clock vs Big Whistle The Parkersburg Gazette editor talks strongly to the citizens of that little village about the necessity of having a Town Clock. They must have a little stronger purse in that town, with its decreasing population, than we have, with our increasing population. ...
For WVU Mountaineer football fans, the beginning of every season always has an element of uncertainty. Sure, we may have a general idea of whether there are reasons for optimism, but how the year will actually play out always remains in question. In 2025,however, we have graduated from ...
