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, ...
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 ...
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?
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...