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Kiki’s Corner: Cruising into the new year

How were your New Year’s resolutions? Are you still on them or are you done till next year, LOL? I heard most of the people are done and down the drain after two to three weeks and some are lucky to keep them for a couple months. You probably wonder why I didn’t write my article last ...

Cracking the Code: Learn from questions

We are on our January Florida vacation for the last two weeks, with some work mixed in. Shale Crescent is taking part in a U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow in Turkey in early February. We are making travel arrangements and scheduling meetings separate from the event with Turkish companies we ...

The Way I See It: Snowbirds are onto something with annual migration

After graduating college in the 1980s I worked for a short period in Mesa, Ariz. When I arrived, my co-workers told me I was just in time for the snowbird season to start. In my head I pictured some type of large white bird that would migrate from colder climates, something along the lines of ...

As the old year closes and the new year begins, most of us take a look at where life stands after the passing of a year. The year 2025 was interesting and 2026 promises to be even more interesting in the realm of Elder Law and Medicaid Planning. The facts haven’t changed. We are getting ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Lions and lambs of the Senate

The West Virginia Senate is losing two giants with the resignation of Senate President Pro Tempore Donna Boley, R-Pleasants, and the retirement at the end of 2026 of Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell. Boley, 90, has been a state senator since her appointment by the then-Gov. Arch ...

Look Back: ‘Man-Bird’ lands in Parkersburg

AVIATORS ARE HERE And Their New Craft Will Be Viewed By Thousands Of Curious Folk The Whole World Has Its Gaze Turned On Parkersburg. P.O. Parmalee and Clifford B. Turley, the aviators in the employ of the Wright Brothers, arrived here yesterday afternoon, to make flights this week at ...