LLOYD Kevin and Kristin Martin reasoned that a  fitness center with 24-hour access seemed to best fit the needs of a busy public.

Call LeBron James a cupcake to his face, and you might have a basketball shoved up your left nostril.

PORTSMOUTH Ranked first on Ohio’s Top Employers list in 2010 and maintaining the title for five consecutive years, Southern Ohio Medical Center is a staple in the Portsmouth community.

ASHLAND Old-time, friendly, dependable service, isn’t a relic of yesteryear at Atkins Hardware in South Ashland.  

ASHLAND King’s Daughters Health System grew from a modest three rooms on the second floor of 16th Street in 1899. Several months prior, a civic-minded group — perhaps the “Build Ashland” of that time — decided the burgeoning city needed a hospital, and set out to found one. The first patients treated were for things like typhoid fever and a railroad accident.

VANCEBURG It was a mid-February Friday afternoon at Osman Pharmacy on Second Street, and Rachel Hurley stopped by to pick up some prescriptions.

RUSSELL It began in the early 1950s, when the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, a congregation of Catholic sisters, received repeated requests from Kentucky residents to open a hospital.

HUNTINGTON Since 1956, Cabell Huntington Hospital has been serving the Tri-State area.

ASHLAND Phillips Body Shop has expanded beyond collision repair.

ASHLAND The historic Paramount Arts Center has been a pillar of the arts community in the Tri-State, and with good reason.

ASHLAND C.C. Gibbs takes great pride in his family business.

SOUTH SHORE When A.H. Bryson opened his store on Schultz Creek in South Shore in 1910 the store itself was a change from what had come before.

ASHLAND Rob Fields has been working in the flower business since he was in the fourth grade.

RUSH When Jessica Adkins bought a place in the country in 2014, it didn’t occur to her that it would shape her professional future.

ASHLAND Second Hand Rose is having a renaissance, according to CEO Matt Perkins

RUSH An ATV paradise lies just beyond Four Mile Road in Rush.

ASHLAND After owning a guitar shop for 10 years, Joey Adkins and his wife, Laura Moon Adkins, have come out of retirement with a new business selling old products.

SUMMIT Limited options are not something one will run into when visiting Summit RV.

ASHLAND Many aspects of Alma’s Italian make the eatery unique to the area.