Residents of this region pride themselves on a pioneering spirit that has spread across generations of those who helped fuel and build this country. But these days, we’re falling behind as others have picked up the torch. In fact, according to WalletHub’s “Most and Least Innovative ...
Years of teamwork and training has Wood County Schools ready for full implementation of the state’s Third Grade Success Act next year. When lawmakers voted in 2023 to establish requirements meant to support proficiency in reading and math by the end of third grade, Ashlee Beatty and her team ...
If you wear glasses or contacts as an adult, do you remember how old you were when you first started wearing corrective lenses, and how much it changed your life? For some kids, getting glasses means the difference between sitting in the front row and still not catching everything the teacher ...
* There’s something special about high school sports programs in the Mid-Ohio Valley — that’s no secret. But the Wood County Board of Education had an opportunity last week to recognize the accomplishments of local teams who live up to the nearly impossible high precedent that has been ...
State Treasurer Larry Pack regularly announces instances of unclaimed property funds being returned to West Virginians. The idea surely is to inspire more people to check whether there is money owed to them, as the state is sitting on more than $536 million that should be in someone else’s ...
West Virginia is considered to be the fourth “hungriest” state by organizations such as Feeding America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture studying food insecurity in this country. Certainly, Appalachia is hit hard. The food insecurity rate in southeast Ohio is 17.4%, though some ...
