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Here comes the sun

Local Columns

It’s exciting that one of the world’s largest solar microgrid and storage projects is currently under construction and located in West (by God) Virginia! The “Canary Solar Grid” project in Jackson County, just outside of Ravenswood, will help power a titanium manufacturing facility. A solar microgrid is an innovative, popular energy technology that’s giving businesses and communities access to cleaner and more reliable power. Energy generated by the solar array can be stored in a battery storage system for use during times when the sun doesn’t shine. This project is notable ...

Planting a pollinator garden

Home and Garden

By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to school. It has been a hot and wet July, but hopefully things will dry up some this month. This month will see a lot of sweet corn harvested in ...

Statue preservation has required a monumental effort

Local Columns

Nearly from the moment Gutzon Borglum carved the stone monument to “The Start Westward,” the centerpiece of Muskingum Park has been slowly deteriorating. An effort is now under way to replace the statue in the park with a bronze copy and move the original indoors. Newspapers ...

Fort Boreman Park – an ideal vantage point then and now

Local Columns

If you drive down Market Street in Parkersburg you can’t help but notice the giant American flag flying high on the hill on the other side of the Little Kanawha River. The flagpole is the apex of Fort Boreman Park, which offers the ideal vantage point of Parkersburg and Belpre. The view ...

Hess, 60th anniversary

Anniversaries

Bill and Sally Hess of Marietta will celebrate their 60th anniversary on July 18. Their family congratulates them on their diamond anniversary and the love and friendship they’ve shared for six decades.

Heritage beans for summer

Home and Garden

By J.J. Barrett WVU Extension Service 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 ...