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Use your vote, not just your voice, in W.Va. today

Editorials

All right, Mid-Ohio Valley, today is the day. If you have not taken advantage of early voting already, this is your chance to weigh in on decisions that have drawn interest from those outside our borders and some that will have a far more direct impact on your daily lives than what is happening in Charleston or Washington, D.C. Some of the votes you cast will shape the races in November — and if you have any doubt about the importance of making sure YOU are shaping those races, as opposed to political operatives with their own agendas — the efforts to affect the narrative in recent ...

MOV proud of honored veterans

Editorials

Among the 20 people inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame earlier this month were three veterans from Washington County and one from Noble County. That much representation from the Mid-Ohio Valley is no surprise, as our region is known for those ready and willing to serve their country. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Meredith L. Barnett, born in Marietta; U.S. Army Technical Sgt. Harley E. Thomas, born in Lower Salem; U.S. Army Sgt. John T. Bineger, born in New Matamoras, and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sgt George Mizik, born in Belle Valley, were honored with the Ohio Medal of Valor. ...

Importance of relationships and SelectUSA

Local Columns

Sunday night in Washington, D.C., Shale Crescent USA President Nathan Lord, my wife Lynnda and I had dinner with friends we met on our Turkish road trip in February. Kaan, the project manager, brought his CEO on the trip. Kaan and I have visited weekly via Zoom. He taught Lynnda how to use the Turkish teapot she bought to make Turkish tea. It is really two pots. In Turkiye, (the correct name for Turkey) we learned business meetings are longer than in the USA and focused first on relationships. National Speakers Association Hall of Fame speaker and sales expert Jeffrey Gitomer says, ...

The Way I See It: Sometimes news has lasting impact

Local Columns

In the news business you have slow news days, normal days and days where it seems impossible to get everything in one edition. At first glance Feb. 2, 1968, looks like it might have been somewhere in the middle, but several small stories on the front page would end up having broad, ...

MOV Climate Corner: The ‘scare’

Local Columns

For many years, the story of C8 or PFOA contamination in the Mid-Ohio Valley was framed as nothing more than a "scare.” Journalists who covered it were accused of using inflammatory and irresponsible language to frighten people. Calling it a "scare" became a way to dismiss the message without ever confronting the contamination. Because if this was a scare, the problem wasn’t the poison — it was the reaction. This framing had consequences. Critical health advisories were withheld from the public because officials did not want to cause a “scare.” We are talking about ...