Across our communities, some businesses and retail establishments have chosen to host Salvation Army Angel Trees this season. They are tangible reminders that each tag hanging from a branch is a child who, without you, might not have as merry and bright a Christmas morning this year. But with ...
Though our region includes a range of start dates for various hunting categories, for many local hunters, the big dates on the calendar are the start of buck gun season on Nov. 25 in West Virginia and deer gun season on Dec. 2 in Ohio. For many, that date is about more than hunting. It’s ...
* Local renewable energy projects are getting a little help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: $300,000 for a photovoltaic solar array installed last year on the building housing the West Virginia Polymer Alliance Zone offices and PACTIV Evergreen in Davisville and $146,125 for a solar ...
Local residents turn out better on Election Day than do those in most other parts of our states. While the voter turnout percentage for West Virginia on Nov. 5 was 63.35%, according to the Secretary of State’s office, turnout in Wood County was 67.19%. And while unofficial turnout in Ohio on ...
The American Red Cross of the Ohio River Valley is looking for some help from its “Friends” in another plea to get potential donors to step away from their busy schedules to roll up their sleeves. As a celebration of 30 years since the start of the beloved sitcom “Friends,” the Red ...
Across West Virginia, boards of education are showing students where their priorities lie — and the rest of the country can see it, too. Movement to address chronically low performance — bottom of the barrel in a significant number of categories for so many years that it has become a ...
