Crisis Chronicles

Posted on June 18, 2025

Around 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30th, my phone started buzzing with weather alerts. This spring has been particularly int...

Posted on February 12, 2025

Every February, we recognize Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about cardiovascular health and encourage everyone...

Posted on November 02, 2024

It was around September 25 that Hurricane Helene started gathering enough intensity to gain a significant amount of attent...

Posted on October 05, 2024

Tales from the desk of an emergency manager ... Opioid addiction has been devastating our state for years, but a...

Posted on September 07, 2024

Tales from the Desk of an Emergency Manager. Episode 3. National Preparedness Month: "Disasters Don't Wa...

Posted on September 10, 2023

Through almost anything in life, the pivotal point of success and failure is almost critical at the crux of communication....

Posted on August 18, 2023

The job of an emergency manager is relatively new. The Stafford act, signed into law by President Carter in 1988, created...

From the Bench: Former BMS Hoops Player ...

It was around 2002 when I was talking to my friend and former Bridgeport Middle School assistant basketball Coach John...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: BHS Valedictorians and Salu...

Although no longer practiced, Harrison County Schools used to honor valedictorians and salutatorians. Bridgepor...

Posted by Dick Duez
The Grapevine: Bidding Farewell to Fathe...

Most of the members of the Immaculate Conception Church of Clarksburg are getting ready to bid farewell well to Father...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: Recalling the Life of My Fir...

He was my first best friend. Outside of my own mother and father, as well as my sister, no one has known me longer....

Posted by Jeff Toquinto