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Give Life: Consider becoming an organ donor

National Donate Life Month in April gives WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center an annual opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of registering as an organ donor and to pay tribute to those who have donated. Accompanied by a flag-raising ceremony at the medical center, ...

Backyard Gardener: Cabbage, a great addition to a spring garden

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners. Summer is here, if only for a few days. This second week of April feels more like June. It's been a beautiful week as we look forward to the growing season for 2026. I see many gardeners preparing the soil as we get closer to Mother's Day and the ...

Voting: Register and make your voice heard

Student leaders give us hope that a new generation is ready to take up the torch, even if some of them may need to wait a few more years to do so. Two in Ritchie County did such a remarkable job organizing student-led efforts to register members of their senior class to vote that they were ...

Life Through the Lens: All 'Hail' the collaborative art of film!

“I put the 'not' in astronaut!” *** I love teaching English to high schoolers: the pure creativity and potential. It is rewarding to see a child’s imagination unleashed and their mind freed. You can, at times, see the long-forgotten-dust be dislodged and the invisible-bindings ...

Safe Water: Settlement will make a difference

Eight years ago, then-Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit against DuPont, which accused the company of knowingly releasing “forever chemicals” into the Ohio River. Though a settlement was reached back in 2023, DeWine was not able to announce distribution of the $65 million ...