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Local Columns

Show support for our local restaurants

This weekend should have been seeing the final days of the inaugural Weirton Restaurant Week. As an amateur foodie, this idea was something I had been looking forward to since first learning about it by speaking with those involved in its planning. I was mapping out a possible schedule, ...

Some ideal temperatures

We’re now into the winter season, and I would like to offer you a few suggestions to encourage you to think of ways to lower your utility bills. The major one involves replacing the furnace filters in your home. The U.S. Department of Energy says the average homeowner can save up to 15 ...

The Ohio Valley has a radiation problem

During the 1950s and 1960s, I remember the government-conducted Civil Defense drills in my school. We were told to climb under our school desks, duck down and cover our heads. We might have survived a bomb blast but the radioactive fallout could not be stopped. The nuclear disasters at ...

Technology … where would we be without it?

Technology. Where would we be without it? Technology. Where would we be without it? No, I didn’t accidentally write that sentence twice. It’s written to mean two different points of view. Go back and read it again. I’ll wait. Can you see the difference? On one hand, technology ...

Putting a freeze frame on federal funding

I typically don’t write about national politics in this space. When I do cover national politics, it is usually through the lenses of West Virginia’s congressional delegation. My focus tends to be on state-level politics. However, last week’s temporary freeze on federal grant funding by ...

Knowing the difference between fact and fiction

I remember in grade school being taught about the dangers of rumors and mishearing information; how things can be twisted around when details aren’t understood appropriately – or worse, when people intentionally twist those details around the suit their own needs. The lesson was taught, ...