Those struggling to find employment in our region already know what a recent report by the National Federation of Independent Business spells out. Hiring has slowed down — everywhere; and jobs that are available require education or skillsets that not everyone has. According to the ...
West Virginia’s state parks and forests are among the greatest treasures we have. Visitors come from all over the world to explore them, and those of us who sometimes take them for granted manage to get out and enjoy them once in a while, too. But they need a little love — in the form of ...
When the first Europeans from New England arrived in what was to become Marietta, they found a rich assortment of wildlife in the area. Wolves, mountain lions, black bears and elk were common in the late 1700s across the area that would become Ohio. Hunting of all the species was widespread ...
* Congratulations, to two Boys and Girls Club of Parkersburg staffers and a former board member who received statewide honors recently. Darlene Murphy was named CEO of the Year by her colleagues, Vienna site unit director Crystal Barker received the Staff Member of the Year award, and former ...
A clip from Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing" came to mind last week. C.J. Cregg, the press secretary for fictional President Josiah Bartlet, confronts reporter Danny Concannon, who is writing a story after obtaining a document laying out the president's first-term fails. Cregg is not happy ...
I had the pleasure this week of talking to Edison Middle School eighth-graders as part of a career fair that made me wish that sort of thing had been available when I was in middle school a very long time ago. Who am I kidding? I’ve been a newspaper person since I was a toddler. Which means ...
