Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about an Appalachian favorite, the pole bean. This vegetable has been widely grown in home gardens across our area for hundreds of years. West Virginia has several unique, heritage bean varieties of both pole and half-runner ...
I know I’m early with this article, but the Parent page comes out the third week of this month, and by next month, the school will be already started so I thought I write it today. So here’s some advice that I use with my own experience as a mother. Maybe you have used all of them as well, ...
When state lawmakers created the YesWV Site Readiness program, the idea was to make sure an employer that wanted to build here would be able to find the perfect spot. This week, the Wood County Economic Development Authority got the ball rolling on two such properties with the help of grants ...
A wedding engagement is one of the pivotal moments in any couple’s life. It is one of the things that they will hopefully remember for the rest of their lives. A few months ago, my wife Lori and I got a call from Erik, our daughter Emily’s long-time boyfriend. Erik had been planning a ...
“You have to do something big and important, or nobody will remember you when you’re gone.” *** Muscles. Muscles imply power and precision. Muscles signify hard work and progress. Muscles contract to pull closer, to tighten up and control, to maintain and convert. There is no life ...
Monday marked the conclusion of an extraordinary chapter in American higher education as E. Gordon Gee stepped down from his presidency at West Virginia University. Spanning more than four decades and multiple institutions, Gee’s career has been characterized by visionary leadership, an ...