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Greene County Opinion

Support needed to protect Dunkard Creek

Dunkard Creek is a large part of the community here in Greene County. As a special place in the region, Dunkard Creek provides a place we all love to visit, while supporting activities like swimming, fishing, kayaking, and canoeing.These are just some of the many features that define life in ...

What if…

Former workers at the Hatfield Ferry Power Station in Greene County and the Mitchell Power Station in Washington County can only wonder why they weren’t owned by a company like GE Energy Financial Services instead of FirstEnergy.FirstEnergy suddenly closed its Hatfield Ferry and Mitchell ...

Fat is not always fat

Are you a person who is mostly trim everywhere but your belly area? Does your belly protrude like an apple, also known as “beer gut”? Have you tried sit-ups, exercise machines, crash diets, etc., all in a frustrated effort to shrink the belly area with no success?I have experienced this ...

How to make the most out of your mineral rights: The basics

<em>Joe Wilson is CEO of Infinity Resource Group, Inc., a professional mineral rights consulting firm in Parkersburg, W.Va., and a Registered Landman. David Pearl is managing director of a CNG patent holding company and president of a CNG fuel island development company. Your ...

GNP concert helps reader relive bygone memories

Institutions are typically made of mortar and brick. But others are formed by people creating memories.The annual GNP concert at Waynesburg University is an example of the latter. Now in its 44th consecutive year, it was an opportunity to sample a variety of music and reconnect with my personal ...

No one should ever work in danger for a dollar

Some moments never leave you – like after a roof fall in a coal mine, when for endless seconds you hardly know if you’re dead or alive. If you’ve ever been through something like that, the older you get, the harder it is to hear about anyoneĢƵ death on the job.The numbers are hard to ...