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Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Here comes the sun

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 ...

Kiki’s Corner: An act of kindness

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 ...

Cracking the Code: Follow the road to success

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 ...

Backyard Gardener: Planting a pollinator garden

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to school. It has been a hot and wet July, but hopefully things will dry up some this month. This month will see a lot of sweet corn harvested in addition to tomatoes and ...

The Way I See It: Statue preservation has required a monumental effort

Nearly from the moment Gutzon Borglum carved the stone monument to “The Start Westward,” the centerpiece of Muskingum Park has been slowly deteriorating. An effort is now under way to replace the statue in the park with a bronze copy and move the original indoors. Newspapers have ...