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The Way I See It: Early hunting nearly wiped out Ohio’s wildlife

When hunters take to the woods of Washington County this year, they will be looking for white tail deer that can be found abundantly in our woods and sometimes on our highways. Prior to the arrival of the European settlers in the 1700s, the area had an incredibly diverse amount of wildlife ...

Life Through the Lens: Necessity is the mother of all invention

“In seeking life, I created death.” *** The year was 1817, and Germany was in dire straits … and not the rock band from the 1970s. Authentic dire straits of the direst kind. All of Europe had been in the throes of severe famine for years. Napoleonic Wars had ravaged the land and ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Bookends

I enjoy reading. I guess I wouldn’t be in this profession if I didn’t. When I was 5 years old, I told my dad he no longer had to read to me. From that point on, I slept with numerous books under my bed for convenience. I slept with a touch lamp on and didn’t sleep in the dark until I ...

Look Back: Road woes nothing new

Roads Wanting Improvements We have been requested to call the attention of the Road Surveyors of Union Township [District] to the almost impassable condition of the Little Creek road to Valley Farm [Valley Mills]. We have been over it and speak the language of despair as well as that of ...

Monday Morning Quarterback: No quick fix for WVU

If anyone needed to see the vast canyon between the 2025 West Virginia football team and the best in the Big 12 it was on display in brutal fashion in a 49-0 rout at the hands of Texas Tech Saturday. It was a humiliating afternoon and the worst defeat at home since 1891. With the current ...

Editor’s Notes: The unknown costs of DOGE

If you’ve thought lately that there hasn’t been much news out of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, that’s because “that doesn’t exist,” according to U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, who spoke to Reuters about it. Multiple published reports say ...