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Opinion

Reporter’s Notebook: California on my mind

Local columns

As you are reading this, I am vacationing with my wife and mother-in-law in Southern California, staying at a resort just south of Orange County. For my mother-in-law, this is a bucket list trip to dip her toes in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. For my wife, this is an opportunity to ...

Look Back: Take me out to the ball game

Local columns

Local Base Ball A match game of Base Ball, between the Olympic B.B. Club of Parkersburg and the Osceola of Belpre, was played Saturday, September 18th, with the following result: Osceola made 58 runs and had 27 outs. The Olympics had 27 outs and made 35 runs. The Parkersburg Weekly State ...

Broadband: Delegation must keep applying pressure

Editorials

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Kelly Workman, director of West Virginia’s Office of Broadband, are right to keep up the pressure on federal officials over the pace of their review of grant funding for high-speed broadband. “As we have discussed, I am concerned that West ...

Editor’s Notes: Adopting best pet practices

Local columns

Last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey proclaimed May as West Virginia No-Kill Shelter Month. In doing so, he said he was aiming to make West Virginia a “no-kill” state this year. It’s the kind of proclamation sure to make even those who disagree with Morrisey’s politics send texts to me that ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Fairmont’s Chernobyl

Local columns

Last fall, I received an email from a group concerned about public health, informing me of an important event scheduled for Nov. 14, 2024, in Fairmont, W.Va. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be holding their first “Public Meeting” (caps per EPA) to explain the hazard at the ...

Letter to the Editor: Search for American soul

Letters to the editor

Once Americans knew what we stood for, a thing called values. We believed in law and order. Our constitution was sacred; the law of the land. Why then, do we now witness the open and clearly intentional violation of the principles of our founding fathers; those things enshrined in the 14th ...