When Rufus Putnam and his group of men set out to form Marietta 228 years ago, they did a little shopping along the way to make sure they would have enough to eat. Among their purchases was 500 pounds of hard bread and a firkin of butter. Last year I wrote a long account of their April 1788 ...
Time and again, I have written about the wisdom of having a well-written, comprehensive Durable Power of Attorney (DPA), which is a document in which you give permission to those helpers you chose to help you manage your finances, real estate and other business affairs in life. Rather than ...
Last week, two West Virginia communities suffered losses that have become much rarer — thank goodness — but still are thought of as something to be accepted as a risk taken by those who work in our coal industry. Two coal miners died within a 24-hour stretch late last week — Thursday ...
Local residents know something about the importance of celebrating and educating about the earthworks that enhanced this region’s landscape long before the Ohio Company showed up. But even if many of ours are no longer fully visible, there are still spots in the Buckeye State where Hopewell ...
We can now put a bow on the now-completed 2026 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature now that Gov. Patrick Morrisey has acted on most of the 306 bills passed during the 60-day time period between Jan. 14 and March 14. Morrisey had 15 days, not counting Sundays, following the sine ...
* First responders across the Mid-Ohio Valley got an unusual test last week when a vicious thunderstorm that included high winds, hail and lightning led to poor visibility, dangerous driving conditions and at least one fire. A Reno Volunteer Fire Department crew was tending to downed power ...
