Looking Back

A weekly historical news feature.

State parks return to normal schedule

Updated at 3:46 p.m. Cape Lookout National Seashore just announced that all park areas as services will fully resume on Saturday. Updated at 3:27 p.m. State parks in the area are returning to normal schedule this weekend while the national...

Summertime BMX road trip essentials

As I type this it's just a few days before Labor Day weekend, which means summer is just about over. Pretty soon, you'll be bundling up to hit some ratty curb jumps after you finish your homework. Now normally I try to stray away from informing the reader what they should be doing. But this is different....

Tiny Ecuador offers wonders of nature

No offense against the Galapagos Islands. Home to giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies, marine iguanas and other exotic creatures, the archipelago off Ecuador's coast ranks for me - and many other travelers - among the top places to visit before I die.

Local vet revisits former post

WHEELING At one time, seeing a Landing Ship, Tank on the Ohio River wasn't that uncommon. Many were built in the Pittsburgh area and sent down the Ohio to the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico.