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Perspectives of a new dad — One year in

Local Columns

As my son approaches his first birthday later this month, I’ve found myself doing a lot of reflecting on what’s been easier or harder than anticipated. The long nights, balancing a full-time job with the needs of being a full-time dad, and so much more. And especially in a first year of global conflict and rapid change, it feels like an extra weight is applied to an already heavy time of life. Being a parent is a truly magical and life-altering experience. It completely changes the way you look at everyday things. How you talk, who you engage with, how you engage in public, et ...

Look up! There may be astronauts over your house

Local Columns

If you are able to pull yourself from the multitude of screens in your home, you may be able to see a truly out of this world show pass directly over your home. The International Space Station is a huge space outpost that has been orbiting the earth since 1998. Weighing nearly a million pounds, the football field size craft orbits the earth every 92.9 minutes as it travels 17,100 miles an hour, about 260 miles above us. Since launch, there have been a total of 290 people from 26 countries aboard the station. Since the craft orbits the earth that is in constant rotation, the land ...

Form group to study data centers

Editorials

Forget about whether industrial solar arrays should be permitted on farmland, this year’s hot-button issue is the explosive growth of data centers — the space they take, the water they use, the noise they make and the energy they consume. It is good, then, that Ohio lawmakers voted this week to advance a proposal that would create a commission to study data centers. If you’re wondering why that didn’t happen long ago, you’re not alone. But better late than never. Assuming the commission is formed, however, those involved must have a sense of urgency about what many in Ohio ...

Workforce support effort should pick up speed

Editorials

Disappointing as much of it is, there is some work being done in Washington, D.C., that will actually make a difference for the rest of us. Ohioans, in fact, can point to the Employer-Directed Skills Act, introduced by U.S. Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La. Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, says he has joined the effort, which would help employees get the training they need for in-demand skills that meet workforce needs. There is also a component that would help employers find potential employees based on their participation in training programs. “As Ohio continues to ...

Follow fire rules

Editorials

When we skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, that spring forward on the clocks will not be the only reminder we are moving toward brighter, warmer (Soon? We hope? Please?) weather. Forestry officials across our region are reminding us we have also entered the spring fire ban season. From March 1 through May 31 in both West Virginia and Ohio, there are prohibitions on outdoor burning. Ohio’s Division of Forestry says the ban is between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. In West Virginia, the restriction is between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. No, not even in a proper burn barrel. There are other ...

Two-tiered justice system

Letters to the Editor

If you don’t believe that there is a two tiered justice system in America, in other words that money allows you to walk, watch what’s going on in the Epstein investigation.