If you think Washington County is big now, you should have been around in 1788; it was huge. One of the first orders of business after the establishment of the Northwest Territory was to set up counties within the new lands. As the first county in the Northwest Territory and future state of ...
As we head into Tuesday’s midterm general election, my brain is a bit scattered. I leave coverage of House of Delegates and state Senate races up to local papers, but that doesn’t mean that I am not watching from afar. Just from my observation post here under the golden dome, there are a ...
Saturday was Halloween. The time-honored day that we pause each year to pay thanks for a successful harvest by carving turnips. Yes, I said turnips. The celebration of Halloween has its roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain. The celebration was meant to welcome the harvest at the end of ...
Don’t worry, this isn’t about data centers, really. But I was reading about a data center project in Mason County when I stumbled across news that the chestnut and chinquapin trees at the former Clements State Tree Nursery will have to be moved to make room for Nscale’s Monarch Commute ...
Although many voters in the Mid-Ohio Valley have cast their ballots through early voting, many more will express their preferences on Nov. 3. Among the most important issues for the voters in this region are injection wells and the danger they pose to our drinking-water aquifers. Several ...
Claims of widespread voter fraud are unsupported by evidence and can be used to erode public confidence in elections. Safe voting practices are securely in place in Ohio and West Virginia. Our election systems are protected by multiple safeguards. Voter fraud is extremely rare. According to ...
