Ohioans who hope to take a closer look at JobsOhio in the wake of news that Intel has moved the goalposts yet again may find it difficult to do so. After all, the agency is a “private” economic development corporation — one of a growing number of such efforts in the Buckeye State and ...

Washington County Career Center welding students are putting their skills to good use with the Military Tribute Banner Project in New Matamoras, as they help the program keep costs low by manufacturing the brackets for the banners themselves. “The brackets for these banners are a little ...

A dive into the American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco Control” shows our region doesn’t come close to meeting the ALA’s standards for fighting the damage we know is done by tobacco products. Both Ohio and West Virginia performed miserably in the group’s report card. Ohio ...

Local law enforcement officers continue to do the hard work of disrupting the flow of fentanyl to our region. Last month, they did so in spectacular fashion, in one of the largest fentanyl seizures in Washington County, with an estimated street value of $80,000. Washington County Sheriff’s ...

Perhaps we should take it as a positive sign that we are moving out of winter and into spring and the Ohio Division of Forestry’s outdoor fire laws (for “kindled” fires) are once again in effect. From the beginning of March through November, outdoor open burning is prohibited statewide ...

Most of us think of the American Red Cross for one of two reasons: blood donations and disaster response. But as the organization points out, its founder Clara Barton was a nursing pioneer who cared deeply about humans and their healthcare. Here in Appalachia, one of the larger health care ...