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Op-ed: Fossil fuels are not the future

West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack’s column in last weekend’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel titled “Powering America’s Future from West Virginia” consisted of the same empty energy platitudes and industry talking points regarding natural gas that have been tirelessly rebuked ...

Op-ed: Don’t make hasty judgments

I think we can all agree that there is a big problem with drugs and drug rehabilitation in this area. I was very worried when I heard an Oxford House was moving into the subdivision where I live. I had never heard of the organization. Research on the internet and a conversation with an Oxford ...

Kiki’s Corner: Thanksgiving is the Super Bowl for cooks

Can you believe Nov. 8 is already here and in less than three weeks Thanksgiving will be here. So much needs to be done for the big celebration. I have to say I purchased my 23-pound turkey yesterday. All our family is so excited to come to our house for dinner and we are very excited to have ...

Cracking the Code: Prevention, better than the cure

This week was my five-year colonoscopy. The fifth in my life. Colonoscopies are the best way to prevent colon cancer. Fourteen years ago, my brother passed from colon cancer at age 57. He didn’t like doctors, checkups or colonoscopies. He finally went to the doctor when he was too weak to ...

The Way I See It: The highs and lows of being a photographer

My life as a photographer has had a lot of ups and downs. I don’t mean metaphorically, I mean high places, and some really low places. Sometimes the location is the story, and other times it’s just a good angle. One of the tricks of good photography is putting your camera at a location ...

Life Through the Lens: Bees, conspiracies and fallacies

“The bees, they're dying, and that's the way they planned it. To make us the same as the bees.” *** Humanity instinctually knows of its futility and faults; it has always been able to sense its temporary nature. Primitive cultures were no different – it was that underlying ...