On a quiet May morning in Marietta 110 years ago, the first of five trains made their way from Zanesville to Marietta as the sun slowly rose over the city, the last one pulling in at 9 a.m. on May 6, 1915. Hundreds were gathered in the railyard on Second Street to watch the passengers ...
Two of Southeast Ohio’s elected officials missed an important opportunity to hear their constituents’ concerns and answer their questions. Last Saturday, April 26, the trustees of the Warren Community Water Board held a public meeting on Deep Rock Disposal’s permit application for yet another injection well, this one in Warren Township. The water board, working with the Warren Township trustees, held this meeting because the Department of Natural Resources declined to do so. Weeks before the meeting date, the trustees invited District 30 Senator Brian Chavez, CEO of Deep Rock, and ...
The late David McKain documents in his fascinating book Where It All Began that this area of Ohio and West Virginia had a pioneering role in the oil and gas industry. He claims activity here may have predated the first oil well drilled in Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake in 1859. Some early oil ...
Giant headlines with the WORDS IN ALL CAPS are fairly rare in newspapers. If you use them, you better make sure you have a good excuse. Eighty years ago, The Times ran a giant headline. VICTORY! blared out from the top of the front page. The subhead, itself huge, told the rest of the ...
Our constitution has been amended only 27 times in its 236 years of existence. It is very hard to change. In fact, the U.S. Constitution, among all national constitutions, is the most difficult to amend in the world. Article V of the Constitution establishes how an amendment can be made. There are two steps. First, an amendment must be passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate by a minimum of two thirds of their members or by a convention called by two thirds of the states. Second, it must be ratified by either three quarters of the state legislatures or in special ...
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend from India. Shale Crescent USA is working with his company now for over seven years. They expanded to the Ohio Valley and have already created hundreds of construction jobs. They will be operational in the near future. I asked, “What has been the biggest challenge?” He responded, “Communication. Poor communication has delayed the project months and cost the company a lot of money.” Their biggest problem wasn’t technical or construction related. It was human beings who couldn’t effectively convey their idea or message to others. ...
