There was a time when Portsmouth, OH, a town of 20,000, south of Columbus, was the preeminent city on the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and
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New Book Celebrates When West Virginia Town Made Big Wheels and Rock’em Sock’Em Robots
A new book by Gary Rider and Roseanna Keller chronicles the story of the Marx Toy Plant (described by Marx Toy Museum curator Francis Turner
How Moundsville’s Locally-Owned Quality Bake is Resisting Corporate Dunkin’
A Dunkin’ is opening in Moundsville, WV, in May, offering its corporate branded array of donuts and coffees (The company, which has been slowing disassociating
What ‘Winning Time’ Lost: Like West Virginia, Jerry West is More Complicated Than You Think
Like West Virginia, the state where he was born, Jerry West is more complicated – deeper, smarter, more vulnerable – than he looks at first
Why West Virginia Has a Big Trade Surplus with China (And That’s Not the Answer to Its Problems)
The U.S. had a $1.1 trillion trade deficit in 2021. With China alone its deficit was $355 billion. West Virginia, however, had a $1.1 billion
The Lessons of Screening ‘Moundsville’ at the Town’s 2,250-Year-Old West Virginia Burial Mound
In a country where it’s hard to find human things that are really old, the 2,250-year-old Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, WV, on the Ohio