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Opinion

Cracking the Code: It’s always a people business

Local columns

Last week, Lynnda and I attended the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Summit at the Greenbrier. Attendees at the three-day event are a who’s who of the West Virginia business community. Business leaders attended from industries including health care, energy, ...

Education: Voters support vaccine requirements

Editorials

As results of the annual WV MetroNews West Virginia Poll by Research America continue to be unpacked, lawmakers who held their ground on vaccine requirements last winter learned their stance reflected the will of the majority of registered voters who were polled. Nearly three-quarters of those ...

Backyard Gardener: Tillage radish for reducing soil compaction

Free Time

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Hard to believe that Monday celebrated Labor Day, the end of summer here in the Valley. Many backyard gardeners are out there preserving the harvest by freezing, canning and drying vegetables and fruits. After the extremely wet spring and early ...

Take Action: Food insecurity is a constant struggle

Editorials

September is the start of many things: football season, the school year for some, spooky season if you ask the right people … But this is also Hunger Action Month. Note the difference between this “month” designation and many others. This is not just about awareness; this is about action ...

Economy Poll: Focus on jobs, not social issues

Editorials

Data from the most recent WV MetroNews West Virginia poll, presented during this year’s state Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit, contained “a warning sign … for political leadership in the state.” Despite the incessant dive by too many elected officials for the ...

High Points of the Valley

Editorials

* Switzerland of Ohio Local School District representatives delivered 300 “calm-down kits” to students at Elm Grove and Middle Creek elementary schools and Bridge Street Middle School. Those schools in Ohio County serve the areas hit hardest by deadly flash flooding in June. Kits included ...