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Driving: Teen motorist ranking is a reason to be proud

Those who grew up and learned to drive in West Virginia know there is a certain set of skills acquired on those unlined and winding backroads … in winter. Frankly, we learn how to drive in ways and in places that make visitors gasp. (Sit us in gridlocked metro traffic for an hour or two in ...

The Way I See It: New sheriff in town was the first Buckeye

Thousands of fans will fill Ohio Stadium Saturday to see the Buckeyes play Ball State. The tradition of calling someone a Buckeye did not start at THE Ohio State University. It likely started in Marietta. Several years ago, I was working on a photo story about the Washington County ...

High Points of the Valley

* Jefferson Elementary Center students got rewarded last week for their summer reading during the Golden Ticket Book Fair, which is in its third year. Students earned golden tickets for books they read over the summer and at fairs throughout Wood County Schools where they were able to cash ...

Reporter's Notebook: GOP family feud

I guess I should have waited a week to write my column about the possibility of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice getting into the 2028 Republican primary to challenge Gov. Patrick Morrisey, because now the cold war between the two I wrote about last week has become a hot one. Last week, the West ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Let that sink in

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now. — Chinese Proverb Carbon is an essential element to all life on Earth. Like DNA and protein, it is one of the molecules that make up our bodies. Carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, or CO2, is part of the air we ...

Letter to the Editor: God and guns

In my previous letter in the Sunday, Aug. 23, newspaper, I opined teaching about God and right and wrong, to our children, in our schools, at an early age might help stem the tide of gun violence in America. From the birth of America, until the 1970s, children were taught about God in our ...