When Rufus Putnam and his group of men set out to form Marietta 228 years ago, they did a little shopping along the way to make sure they would have enough to eat. Among their purchases was 500 pounds of hard bread and a firkin of butter. Last year I wrote a long account of their April 1788 ...
Time and again, I have written about the wisdom of having a well-written, comprehensive Durable Power of Attorney (DPA), which is a document in which you give permission to those helpers you chose to help you manage your finances, real estate and other business affairs in life. Rather than ...
We can now put a bow on the now-completed 2026 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature now that Gov. Patrick Morrisey has acted on most of the 306 bills passed during the 60-day time period between Jan. 14 and March 14. Morrisey had 15 days, not counting Sundays, following the sine ...
Parkersburg Is Spring Training Site Even though they may at times push themselves through a blanket of snow, “Easter flowers” have always been a harbinger of spring. And then, as if stirred by months of winter repose by the pretty yellow flowers, ballplayers, the knights of the diamond, ...
If you drive long enough in West Virginia during the bare, gray winter months — when there is no foliage to obscure the view of mangled mountaintops and bare hillsides — you can’t help but notice humans and nature have taken their toll on huge swaths of land. Just a few days ago I was ...
Easter is the most important day in the year for Christians. It commemorates the state torture and execution of a political protester and agitator, Jesus of Nazareth, more than 2,000 years ago — and the disappearance of his body two days later. No one could have anticipated that minor ...
