The initial phase of the Lewis and Clark Expedition started from Pittsburgh on August 31, 1803, on a keelboat bound for St. Louis with supplies and recruits. They arrived in Marietta September 13. Thomas Jefferson had a vision that the United States should occupy the entire continent from ...
Rail safety reform is not a matter of partisan politics – or it shouldn’t be, anyway. But since February 2023, when a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, ignited renewed calls for reform, politicians in Washington, D.C., have sat on their hands while their friends in the railroad industry made promises and assurances that weren’t worth the paper their public relations teams hoped it would be printed on. This week, U.S. Sens. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., are giving it another shot, with a bill that would increase pay for federal railroad inspectors and ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is here, but you would not know it as daytime highs reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit this week. A few days without rain have allowed things to dry out and backyard gardeners to catch up on some work around the home and in the garden. Several farmers made a final cut of hay these last couple days. This week, let’s talk about lawn care. When autumn temperatures arrive, many people forget about the lawn. However, fall is a great time to fertilize, control weeds and prepare your lawn for next year. There is a lot of work that needs to be ...
A new analysis shows that while Ohio officials have a little reason to be proud of relatively low unemployment rates, the bigger picture is disturbing. Job growth is slowing to a crawl. Policy Matters Ohio reports one reason for slowed job growth alongside low unemployment is that employers are more cautious about hiring. Nationwide, there is stronger than expected hiring, but Policy Matters researcher Molly Bryden told the Ohio Capital Journal that signals more a recovery from an earlier slowdown than a continued upward trend. And here in the Buckeye State, the number of people ...
Want to know what Ohio employers need? Ask the employers. A novel idea, maybe, but doing so helped the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association complete its Good Jobs Challenge grant eight months ahead of schedule, while blowing past every performance goal set. In 2022, the U.S. Economic Development Administration supported the $23.4 million initiative with the largest workforce investment in the association’s history. The idea was to scale up WorkAdvance, which lets employers take the lead in building the short-term job-skills, technical instruction and other supports that get them the ...
It's an incredible thing to be able to watch a community respond to those in need of a helping hand, as we have been privileged to be able to watch every year during what has become the Roy Trembly Annual Fall Food Drive, hosted by the Times in partnership with a collection of local veterans organizations that embody the idea of "completing the mission." The Marine Corps Veterans Association, Marine Corps League and AMVETS never miss an opportunity to serve. (Local representatives of the VA never miss a chance to offer flu shots or a listening ear to the veterans they help keep healthy, ...
