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Opinion

Unlucky: Be responsible; don’t drink and drive

Editorials

One of our state’s biggest holidays for cultural appropriation (suddenly everyone is Irish) is just around the corner as many of us make our plans for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. The Governor’s Highway Safety Program has rightly chosen March 13-17 for a “Buzzed Driving Is Drunk ...

Investment: Toyota’s growth is good for West Virginia

Editorials

International partners have proved to be crucial to any momentum West Virginia’s economy has maintained over the past several decades, and among the most solid has been Toyota Motor North America. This month, the company announced the largest share of investment in its planned expansion of ...

Op-ed: What does Marietta look like without injection wells?

Local columns

Let’s pretend there’s a giant switch we could flip that would shut down all the injection wells in Southeast Ohio. Environmental activists will, of course, jump for joy. Susan Vessels might even calm down for a second. But what does it really mean? It’s a thought experiment that needs ...

Legal-Ease: What you expect may be less than what you can get

Local columns

Recently, my friend, Lori, who is 80, required more care than her husband, Shawn, also 80, could provide at home. At that point in life, they owned money savings of about $200,000, their jointly owned home, a car, and two rental houses. Shawn had heard (correctly) that they would have to pay ...

Teamwork: Students gain lesson in setting aside rivalries

Editorials

Friendly rivalries and territorial touchiness aside, when it really counts, Mid-Ohio Valley schools are there for one another. That was proved again last week when the lights went out in Williamstown just ahead of the Class AA, Region I semifinal boys basketball game between Williamstown and ...