There was a time — not all that long ago, really — when many people in Wheeling would not have imagined an event such as the Ogden Wellness Weekend bringing thousands of residents together in celebration across so many corners of the city. More importantly, there also was a time when few ...
Despite enormous settlements and creation of a foundation that says it is dedicated to preventing substance use disorder, supporting recovery and saving lives, a study this spring from WalletHub showed West Virginia STILL has the sixth-worst drug problem in the country. Worse, the Mountain State remains first in the country for drug overdose deaths per capita. We’re just not making the change some politicians hope we will believe is taking place. West Virginia is 11th for drug arrests per capita, 15th for both opioid pain reliever prescriptions per 100 people and share of teenagers ...
May is National Melanoma Awareness Month and, while the month is almost over, the message it sent will become especially important the further we get into summer. Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, because of its ability to spread to other organs more rapidly if it is not treated at an early stage. And the chances to develop it will grow much higher as folks head to the beach for vacation, to the local public pool to cool off or to the backyard to work on their tans. There are simple ways to prevent melanoma from hurting you ...
In drawing the parallels between local business communities and baseball teams, Roberto Clemente Jr. hit a home run. Clemente, the son of Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente Sr., was the keynote speaker at the recent Lunch with Leaders held by the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce. While Clemente followed his father into professional baseball, he most notably followed in his father’s footsteps with philanthropy, creating and running the Roberto Clemente Foundation. Among the most poignant points he made during his speech was that, while not everyone on a team will ...
The Ogden Newspapers Wellness Weekend presented by WVU Medicine is one of our favorite weekends of the year, a wonderful blend of promoting fitness, having fun and gathering thousands in downtown Wheeling to celebrate what is essentially the beginning of the summer season. (Though, considering the temperatures and rain clouds we saw through the weekend, spring was trying to cling for at least a little bit longer.) What we saw over two days was nothing short of spectacular, from the people who braved 13.1 miles of some of the toughest terrain for the Ogden Newspapers Half Marathon ...
Memorial Day will feel a little different this year, as across the country, communities are also preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of adoption of our Declaration of Independence that created what we now know as the United States of America. It was the beginning of what some have called “the American Experiment.” Even before that day there were those willing to die for what they believed this country was becoming. Data for American Revolutionary War deaths — 23,800 of them — usually begins with 1775. After that, there have been at least 83 conflicts, battles, ...
