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Life Around Us

Photographs, thoughts, performances and music from the people and places of the valley. One at a time, at your own pace.

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Forever I Will Roam · Homegrown Happy Hour · · YouTube

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Sour Mash String Band · Jackson, Ohio

Live at Rowdy’s Smokehouse, for Homegrown Happy Hour with Ben Davis Jr. Meet the band

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Local artists and stories

Americana, bluegrass, and a sound born in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Meet the musicians bringing their music from our hometowns to stages across the region.

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Our schools

Follow the stories, memories, and changes surrounding Wood County’s new elementary schools—and the communities that have shaped them.

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The everyday pulse

Around the Valley

The music, gatherings and good things coming up close to home.

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