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Reporter's Notebook: To the moon

If you're reading this today, I am in George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands in the middle of my third Royal Caribbean cruise. I'm writing this column before shipping off from Port Canaveral in Florida along the Space Coast, a short drive away from the launchpad where the ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Public lands need protection

For the first eight years of my life, our family lived in a small rented house in Steubenville, Ohio. We had a tiny yard lacking any trees, so my mom would take my siblings and me to a local park. She would pack us a picnic lunch complete with a thermos of lemonade and we would ride the bus to ...

Letter to the Editor: Good for whom?

Why is it called “Good Friday?” Why not bad Friday? It certainly was not good for Jesus. Yesterday (at this writing) was the day we commemorated when Jesus Christ died on the cross over 2,000 years ago. But it was good for Jesus because He was obedient to His Father and willingly went ...

Editor's Notes: We can’t cling to a fictional past

Population loss is a problem plaguing almost all of the Mountain State. (The Eastern Panhandle and part of North Central West Virginia are not experiencing the same challenges as the rest of us). According to a report by The Daily Athenaeum — West Virginia University’s student-run ...

Cracking the Code: Good thoughts to ponder

As I write this, we are leaving Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, after a pleasant visit. Lynnda and I left Easter Sunday afternoon for a trip to Florida and a cruise with our youngest son and his family. I’m sharing some of our experiences this week that may give you things to think ...