The recent decision from the Wood County Circuit Court related to recycling presents some interesting challenges for the City of Parkersburg, for me as mayor and for the City Councilors alike. This effort was initiated by a single resident, Walt Auvil; the ruling invalidates the local ...
Have you ever been over to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District? It stretches from Winchester, Va., in the north down to McDowell, Va., in the south — generally following I-81, except for Cool Springs and McDowell. I have been to parts of it approximately eleventy ...
One would think that with the profusion of data centers, the growing need for more electricity for manufacturing, and the need to keep electric rates for residential consumers affordable, we should want energy from all sources: oil, gas, hydro, geothermal, nuclear, wind, and solar. But our ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This first week of August finds many gardeners harvesting tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. There is still time to plants some lates summer squash and start some fall vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. This week I want to talk about ...
Given recent arguments about school funding, TANF funding, foster care — far too many topics for a state where so many people squawk about their love of children and families just ahead of Election Day — it’s important to look at what the data says. According to WalletHub’s “States ...
“You must give yourself to the storm.” You know what I love? OK, OK, enough guessing out there! Let me just tell you… I love a good piece of symbolism. I know what you are thinking, too: What a sophisticated and textured thing to say, Mr. Moore! I told you that you don’t have to call ...
