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MOV Climate Corner: What happened to ‘all-of-the-above’ energy?

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Federal elected officials in the House, Senate and Oval Office have frequently stated that their energy policy is “all of the above,” meaning coal, oil, natural gas, wind, solar, nuclear, hydroelectric, geothermal, and more. But what appears in the “Big, Beautiful Budget Bill,” which is now before the U.S. Senate, seems to be a war on renewables and gift to the fossil fuel industry. Without clean energy tax credits, which were voted on by Congress with the Inflation Reduction Act, we miss most of the “above.” In Washington County we are seeing plans for data centers as part ...

Ohio makes a difference for its workers

Editorials

Ohioans expect state government to do all in its power to leave as much of their hard-earned money in individuals’ and businesses’ pockets as possible. At least one agency — the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation — continues to be recognized for its efforts to do so. In its biennial study of the workers’ compensation premium rates in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has once again ranked the Buckeye State fifth lowest in the country. (In case you’re wondering, Oregon was 14th lowest.) In addition to ...

July 4, 1788 – “We Were One Great Family”

Local Columns

July 4, 1788, in Marietta, Ohio, dawned warm, humid, and windy. Rain threatened. Joseph Buell was a soldier at Fort Harmar. His journal entry for July 4, 1788: “This day was celebrated with thirteen rounds from the six pounder (cannon) and repeated again at four o’clock. The troops ...

The Second and Third Amendments to the Constitution

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There were no British soldiers in the American colonies for 130 years. Colonists distrusted soldiers due to stories of brutality against civilians by soldiers under orders of tyrannical kings in Europe. They most feared the housing of soldiers in their homes. Colonials provided for their own defense by organizing themselves into local militias, training with their weapons, and serving when called. They envisioned their militias as protection against a military state as well as protection against native peoples. In 1754 the French and Indian War began. Almost 20,000 British soldiers ...

What if Marietta had a flood wall?

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The Mid-Ohio Valley is home to Parkersburg, where a 20,000-foot wall and levee hold back any potential flood, and Marietta, where rising waters flow through the streets whenever the rivers decide to leave their banks. The wall in Parkersburg was built following the 1937 flood. ...

Wildlife species making returns to Ohio

Editorials

Since the mid 19th Century, Ohio has been a relatively bear-free state. Humans drove out the black bears 150 or so years ago, and they’ve been considered rare and an endangered species here ever since. That might be changing, however, as researchers are beginning to see black bears naturally expand their range back into the Buckeye State. Recently, a female black bear was captured and fitted with a GPS collar in Ashtabula County. It will be the first time such study is possible for a female, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. “Researchers using the location ...