First it was California. Then Texas. Now it’s much of the nation. America’s electric grid —and its reliable supply of power—is in trouble. It once seemed unthinkable but we’re approaching a time when blackouts could become a regular occurrence in the United States. According to ...
Plans for this year’s Moundsville’s Got Talent competition are underway. Six different acts will perform for a panel of three judges during a live performance beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Strand Theatre. Following the first-round performance, judges will determine the top three who will perform in a second round. First place will receive $300, given by the city of Moundsville’s Arts Culture Commission, the second-place winner will receive $200 from The Green Tab, while the third-place winner will receive $100 from the JMHS 69-79 Alumni Association. The contestants are ...
Politics can be fun. I’m not necessarily talking about partisan politics, but politics in general. The internal machinations of any group of people when they come together to do anything is interesting to me. For example, last week, Del. Brandon Steele, R-Raleigh, made an attempt to get a bill that was languishing in a committee to the floor of the West Virginia House of Delegates. You might remember Steele as the former chairman of the House Government Organization Committee who challenged House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, for leadership of the House late last year. He lost ...
Super Bowl LVII made history in several ways. One of them is Autumn Lockwood. At 29, she made history this year by becoming the first Black woman to coach in the Super Bowl. Not only that, she has a connection to the Ohio Valley. She is one of the Philadelphia Eagles coaches by being a part of the Sports Conditioning Coaching team. She has been with the Eagles since August 2022. Before her present position she was the Sports performance coach at the University of Houston. She has a master’s degree from East Tennessee State University. While there, she mainly worked with the men’s and ...
The annual Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Business & Health Expo is Friday and Saturday at the Moundsville Center. The hours are 4-8 p.m. on Friday, and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday. Chamber officials expect more than the 2,000 persons that attended last year as several new attractions have signed on. In addition to Health and Fitness booths, there will other attractions such as those dealing in Home Improvements, Industry, HealthCare, Lawn & Garden, Banking/Financial, Real Estate/Finance, Health Screenings, Recreations, etc. There also will be appearances by Mary ...
We are more than two-thirds of the way through the West Virginia Legislature’s 60-day session, racing toward midnight on Saturday, March 11.We’re up to 2,225 bills that have been introduced, with 138 bills that have passed the Senate, 103 bills that have passed the House of Delegates, 25 bills that have completed legislative action and 15 bills have been signed by Gov. Jim Justice.As I pointed out last week, I think that is pretty slow, especially with less than three weeks left of the 2023 legislative session. Today is the last day for bills to be introduced in the Senate; the House ...
