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Backyard Gardener: Green beans – a standard for the home garden

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! The first week of June brought us some beautiful weather for working outside. I hope everyone took advantage of it and did some planting in the garden. Gardening not only provides food for the family but can relieve stress as well! I enjoy planting ...

The Way I See It: Museum has been part of the riverbank for a half century

A large, new Ohio River Museum is slowly taking shape along the banks of the Muskingum River on Front Street, near the Washington Street Bridge. Museum exhibits have celebrated the river since it was a part of Campus Martius, operating for a time at the museum at Second and Washington ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Signs and portents

Happy June, everybody. Today marks the meteorological start of summer, and I’m ready to fire up the grill and head to the pool. However, some people are still stuck trying to sell us in the West Virginia political press that the May 12 Republican primary was a victory for the forces of ...

Editor’s Notes: DNR biologists are the reel deal

Ever notice how ceremonial signings of high school athletes to college sports programs tend to feature lots of signage designed to promote the college, rather than the athlete who did all the work to earn the honor? (But at least the colleges and universities aren’t adding to the expense of ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Out-of-state interests win, real issues lose

With the primaries now behind us, I can’t say I’m entirely surprised by the outcomes. If West Virginia has taught us anything about politics in the last decade or more, it’s that culture war and social issues are exceedingly potent, even in the shadow of actual problems in dire need of ...