Opinion

Failing to wear or carry a life preserver while boating can be costly — and deadly. That’s the message the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) emphasizes as Ohio’s recreational boating season gets underway. “Our

Few of us here in the Buckeye State would admit that anything good could cross the northern border from WolverineLand, at least when college football tensions are strung high. But it says here that the

There are signs the U.S. economy is improving as retail sales for recreational boats and accessories increased by 6 percent in 2011,according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. The recreational boating industry has not seen

Columbus – The Ohio General Assembly is getting ready to pass a bill that would satisfy terms of the Great Lakes Compact for water withdrawals. But, the bill that has already passed the Ohio House

Five members of the Cincinnati Youth Bass Club finished among the top anglers in the Ohio Bass Federation Nation tournament, held May 6 at Indian Lake in Logan County, according to club advisor Angela Poling.

Selected goose hunters will be left to their own devices at the Mosquito Creek Waterfowl Refuge in Trumbull County. With the exception of maintaining two blinds for disabled hunters, the DNR Division of Wildlife will

The Ohio Wildlife Council needs to rescind its recent controversial rule requiring that fish be kept in the round or with skin attached to fillets till reaching home. The DNR Division of Wildlife has been

While the expected closure of Akron-based FirstEnergy’s Eastlake coal-fired power plant still up in the air at least for this year the peregrine falcon nesting box remains. And active, too. As does the falcon-nesting box

Springfield, Ohio – The Clark County oil company that was the scene of a devastating fire on April 19 may soon be hit with a civil lawsuit for a fish kill resulting from the blaze.