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Local Columns

Bringing Environmental Balance to Oglebay Park

Over the past several weeks there have been many news stories, editorials and social media posts regarding our limited purpose bow hunt. Many of these have been very impassioned by those both for, and/or against, the hunt. The limited responses from the Wheeling Park Commission management ...

Marshall Memo: Pumpkin Drop; Fostoria Glass; and a Look 89 Years Back

Authors Gary Rider and Roseanna Dakan Keller have announced the release of their new book, “Memories of Fostoria Glass.” The authors will be at the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 9 from 3-5:30 p.m. to sign copies. “Memories of Fostoria” is the biggest ...

When Will Enough Be Enough for the People of West Virginia?

Despite the challenges in many of the governor’s agencies, West Virginia is poised for positive with replacing Gov. Jim Justice. While recent indictments have shed light on areas that require a governor’s leadership presence within our state agencies, I am confident that an attentive leader ...

Scrutiny of Justice Is of His Own Making

One of the things I like to do with my weekly Reporter’s Notebook is take you behind-the-scenes of how I decide what stories I write. Two weeks ago, I wrote two stories involving major announcements and how properties owned by Gov. Jim Justice are in the mix. The first was an ...

Criminalizing Menthol Cigarettes the Wrong Move To Make

As a person with a vested stake in the upliftment and empowerment of the Black community and a history of working closely with youth, I feel an obligation to address the proposed FDA menthol ban and its potential negative impacts on our community. While public health concerns regarding menthol ...

Deer Hunt an Un-Oglebay Plan

I am stunned: n that Oglebay Park is going to be opened up as a killing field for bow & arrow hunting — the cruelest, most inhumane type of hunting — on Nov. 6 for three days; n that hunters will get to kill, or more likely maim and doom to drawn-out horribly painful deaths, ...