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Rallies planned to encourage early voting

STEUBENVILLE — Three organizations are coming together next weekend to urge area residents to cast their votes early this election season. Upper Ohio Valley Indivisible, the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Organization for Women and the Midwest Center for Constitutional Rights will be ...

Fluharty gets endorsement from W.Va. Chamber PAC

Del. Shawn Fluharty has received an endorsement in the race for West Virginia Senate District 1 that Democrats don't often earn. Fluharty has received an endorsement from the West Virginia Chamber PAC, the political action committee for the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, confirmed by a ...

Stanton promotes positivity with school store

HAMMONDSVILLE — Stanton Elementary School is promoting positivity by rewarding good deeds by students with a chance to shop at their school store. Principal Kodi Peterson said the program got underway at the beginning of the school year as a way to bolster the school and district's mission ...

Culinary students learning to serve

BLOOMINGDALE — Culinary arts students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School are learning how to serve the public with real-world opportunities. Instructor Glen Zalenski said his students are working in school and in the community to gain some hands-on skills in hospitality. Zalenski ...

History in the Hills: Our archaeology

I have written a lot about the native people in our area. To me, this subject is one that never seems to be exhausted. As I have written, there have been people here for a very long time. One of the numerous ways that we can learn about these people and many folks and periods in the past is through archaeology. Whether that work is to find evidence of the past from more recent moments in time, or to find our long-buried history, digging for the truth is something that has been done here a lot over the years. In my look back to one of my articles on Native American history here, much of ...