Starting with my first regular legislative session back as a reporter for this newspaper in 2019 (my first session back was the special session on impeachment of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in the summer of 2018), I would title my columns “Week x at the Legislature.” I ...
(This item was featured in the Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 2020 issue of History and Preservation, Newsletter of the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society.) *** “Elberon needed a school! Elberon was an area on the outskirts of Parkersburg that was growing rapidly in the 1890s. In 1892, the ...
I was talking with a friend the other day who was trying to put his finger on why his youngster was not thriving in an athletic pursuit, as he had as a kid. My friend talked about how, as a child, he was constantly practicing, seeking out others to play against — he was obsessed … and ...
STUDENT INTRO: School of Thought this week is brought to you by PSHS junior, Carter Scott. He is a member of both the track and soccer teams and plays indoor soccer. Carter is a volunteer at the local Humane Society, has several hobbies like listening to music, playing with his dog, being ...
As winter drags on in the Mid-Ohio Valley, many of us dream of escaping to tropical climes until spring. Since retiring, I have been lucky enough to do just that, spending several winters in the Yucatan peninsula, home to lovely people, peaceful beaches, scores of Mayan ruins, and 400+ species ...
A couple of weekends ago, Lynnda and I rode the Greenbrier Express Winter Special from Cass, West Virginia, to the small mountain village of Durbin. Pulled by a 100-plus-year-old steam locomotive, the train follows the crystal-clear Greenbrier River through a wilderness portion of the ...