CHEERS to Adam Myser, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to fill the vacant bench in Belmont County Northern Division Court. The local attorney will assume the office on Oct. 20. JEERS to the ongoing controversy surrounding the Belmont County Animal Shelter. Members of the public continue to ...

During this national Digital Inclusion Week, Ohio Department of Development officials are focusing on making digital technology available and practical for all Buckeye State residents — following the week’s theme “Building Connected Communities.” “You cannot have opportunities in a ...

The first week of October marks National Newspaper Week, a chance to step back and highlight the important role newspapers play in serving as a community forum for news, sports and human-interest stories that chronicle life in the Upper Ohio Valley. We Americans enjoy a vigorous, vibrant ...

While high-ranking officials talked about making Ohio the kind of state in which all residents were within commuting distance of a major employer, most Buckeye State residents understood that commute involves getting into a personal vehicle. But perhaps there is finally progress being made on ...

While Ohio works to live up to the idea it is becoming “the tech capital of the Midwest,” as Lt. Gov. Jon Husted put it, one company is certainly doing its share to help. Google announced recently the company is expanding to build three new data centers — in New Albany, Columbus and ...

New mandates buried deep in the 6,198-page state budget bill passed June 30 by Ohio legislators will remove some requirements that local government post official notice of public projects and business in the newspaper of record. The move is just the latest assault by Ohio legislators in its ...