Local Stories

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  • A historic painting of John Solomon Rarey with his horse
    Rarey cemented his international reputation as one of the greatest horse trainers the world has ever known when he won a bet with England’s Earl of

  • A woman standing with a community seed library
    Evans thought of all the Little Free Libraries that were springing up at the time, offering books for anyone to take, and thought that maybe a simi
  • A man free solo climbing
    “Climbing combines physical activity — a sportlike activity — with a meaningful cultural experience,” he says.
  • Three people talking in an outdoor space
    The rodents are so large (weighing up to 60 pounds) and unrelentingly industrious (“busy as a beaver,” of course), sometimes it may seem their secr

Power Lines

  • A graphic of land with various power generation sources
    by Craig Grooms
    When severe winter weather recently swept across Ohio and much of the eastern United States, it put significant strain on the electric grid. As temperatures dropped, electricity demand surged and fuel systems tightened.
  • A house with an underground geothermal system
    by Amy Howat
    “People choose geothermal for the environmental benefits and to save money,” says Tim Litton, director of marketing for WaterFurnace, an Indiana-based geothermal system manufacturer.
  • A thermometer stuck in a snowy field
    by Caryn Golden Whitney
    Buckeye Power, the generation and transmission cooperative that provides the electricity Ohio’s co-ops distribute to their members, can reduce costs and ease strain on the grid by cycling those appliances off and on for short periods of time when the demand for power is at its highest.

Feature Stories

  • A woman standing with a community seed library
    by Margaret Buranen
    Evans thought of all the Little Free Libraries that were springing up at the time, offering books
  • A historic painting of John Solomon Rarey with his horse
    by Damaine Vonada
    Rarey cemented his international reputation as one of the greatest horse trainers the world has e
  • A man free solo climbing
    by Margaret Buranen
    “Climbing combines physical activity — a sportlike activity — with a meaningful cultural experien

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