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Nutrition: Affordable, healthy food is a challenge

As Americans try to focus on upcoming holidays and rapidly approaching New Year’s resolutions, data accompanying this National Diabetes Awareness Month reminds that many of us have some work to do regarding our health. This is no time for nasty digs about SNAP and the health of those living ...

Food: Elected officials must help vulnerable people

Historians generally agree Marie Antoinette never actually said “Let them eat cake,” as French citizens were struggling to buy bread to feed their families. But elected officials at all levels have come pretty close to expressing the same sentiment lately, as their constituencies wrestle ...

Support: Habitat for Humanity offers way to give

Over the weekend, Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Ohio Valley dedicated yet another home — this one a Women Build project that took 160 volunteers (most of whom were female) working 2,165 hours. The Parkersburg home will be purchased by Alisa Pisula not only with the zero percent interest ...

High Points of the Valley

* The Wood County Technical Center is knocking it out of the park when it comes to the work it does for students of all ages. Its administrators were recognized recently for their achievements at a state GED test administrator conference. Jason Hughes, director of the Tech Center, said the ...

Voting: Good to see young people use their power

Imagine being 18 (or nearly 18) years old and having someone like the West Virginia Secretary of State tell you that, at least in one aspect, you are just as powerful as someone like Taylor Swift or the president of the United States. That’s what local students learned when Secretary Kris ...

Economics: Political cheap shots do not grow business

The Detroit News reported Wednesday that General Motors has laid off thousands of workers from manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Michigan. Though it is tempting to suggest the reason is purely a matter of GM’s overeagerness to catch up to the electric vehicle push, the reality is a bit ...