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Backyard Gardener: Fall lawn care guidance

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is here, but you would not know it as daytime highs reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit this week. A few days without rain have allowed things to dry out and backyard gardeners to catch up on some work around the home and in the garden. Several ...

Life Through the Lens: It’s what’s inside that counts

“The heart of this beast is strong.” In her 2021 hit novel “Nightbitch,” Rachel Yoder explores the idea of dormant instinct and animalism. When a used-to-be artist becomes a stay-at-home wife/mother, she gradually yet methodically becomes atrophied. She feels her drive draining, her ...

Vote! Make your voice heard this November

Considering sitting out this November’s General Election? There are plenty of people who feel either so fed up or so helpless and hopeless that they think the best option is to not vote. Nothing could be further from the truth. Low voter turnout tends to lead to more extreme results; and a ...

Be Mindful: Fire season remains a burning concern

Though it may seem as though it has rained enough in our region over the past month or so that the ground will never dry out, it will. Eventually. Meanwhile, the change in humidity and all those crisp fall breezes we love so much mean it is time once again for fall fire season in West ...

Inspiring: List shows state’s diversity of products

West Virginia’s Manufacturing Association supports the many different businesses and individuals in the state who make the things all the rest of us use -- here and across the country, in your home and on our way back to the moon. This year’s effort by the association to find the coolest ...