My daughter, Dannielle, her husband and Arnie, their 7-year-old golden retriever came home for Memorial Day weekend. Arnie can’t speak a word of English but has a large vocabulary. Words like treat, outside, toy, food and bedtime are commonly understood by most dogs. Arnie takes communication ...

In 1912 the idea of flight was still new to most people, including those who lived in Marietta. The idea that man could overcome gravity and fly through the sky was something that most had to see to believe. Many young pilots earned a good living and increased the popularity of flight by ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Here on the farm, it is always around Memorial Day that my grandmothers’ peonies are blooming. Peonies bear 3-6 inch diameter, fragrant flowers around this time of year (late May or early June). They are also a beautiful cut flower. In the ...

Attention is already turning to the midterm elections next year, which will determine whether Republicans can continue to hold the majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. In West Virginia, that means that U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is up for ...

Have You Ever Thought About Toilet Paper? Long before the product that George Whipple cautioned us “not to squeeze” (the Charmin) was introduced, various means of accomplishing this unspoked of task were employed. The first documented making and use of paper for this specific purpose, ...

It’s been a travel-for-work kind of week, and I’m so lucky that, for me, it means driving in a state as beautiful as West Virginia is in late spring. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it, driving west a little ahead of sunset while the mountains are giving off steam in the ...