A GREAT WALKING MATCH To be Held in this City on March Seventh, Eighth and Ninth [1889]. A fifty-hour go-as-you-please walking match has been arranged to be held at the Rink in this city on the dates mentioned above, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mr. M. Hearne, of Wheeling, will be ...
It’s always good to be reminded you’re not writing in a bubble. When I wondered last week whether a couple of members of Congress had asked the Property and Environment Research Center how much money might be raised by an across-the-board $5 increase to entry fees at our national parks, I ...
It’s exciting that one of the world’s largest solar microgrid and storage projects is currently under construction and located in West (by God) Virginia! The “Canary Solar Grid” project in Jackson County, just outside of Ravenswood, will help power a titanium manufacturing facility. A ...
If you recall a couple weeks ago I mentioned in one of my articles that I always try to do an act of kindness whenever possible. One day last week while shopping in a store in Marietta I was replacing my shopping cart before leaving. I happen to look down and saw a beautiful diamond ring ...
The late Charlie Tremendous Jones said, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.” Sunday, in Phoenix at Influence, the National Speakers Association’s annual conference, my wife Lynnda, got randomly ...
Parkersburg’s favorite fall celebration, the Downtown Throwdown Food & Beer Festival, is set to return with a full evening of food, drinks and music in the heart of downtown on Aug. 23. As the city’s premier fall event, the Throwdown draws residents and visitors alike for a unique ...
