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Cracking the Code: Knowledge reduces anxiety

Preparing for our trip to Turkey, I was a little anxious. The first major overseas trip for Lynnda and me was to Tokyo, Japan, a few years ago. Shale Crescent was part of an economic development mission with the West Virginia Development Office and several other companies. Then, I was ...

The Way I See It: Column hits five-year mark in local newspapers

Five years ago this week, I wrote the first “The Way I See It” column. That’s a lot of me, and a lot of you, our reader, reading what I have to say each week. Thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day each week to read what I have to say. I hope I have not bored you too much. ...

Life Through the Lens: Winners and losers

“Everybody just pretend to be normal.” *** Are you only satisfied in life with absolute and uncompromising victory? To win at all costs? To be at the top of the heap? Is your success determined by monetary gains and lavish add-ons? Or can satisfaction be found internally? Can ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Justice v. Morrisey

Since former governor Jim Justice took his oath of office as a U.S. senator last year and former attorney general Patrick Morrisey was sworn in as West Virginia’s 37th governor, there has been somewhat of a cold war between the two officials. I won’t go over the entire history of the cold ...

Look Back: Tracing the story of John Hill

LIVED IN THE BLOCK HOUSE AT NEALS STATION ON SOUTH SIDE OF KANAWHA Interesting Sketch of John Hill, an Early Pioneer, Who Settled Here at Close of Revolutionary War. The following interesting sketch of John Hill, one of the early pioneers of Wood County, is furnished the Sentinel by his ...

Editor’s Notes: Turning cabin fever into time for self-care

By the time you read this, we are either all hunkered down for the impending snowpocalypse … or cursing the weather forecasters who had us worked up for nothing. But in the event that there is a lot of snow headed our way, I hope you’ve made your trip to the grocery store and are ready to ...