By John Fleming, U.S. Small Business Administration Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) numbers show that this is not only the largest, but the most effective American relief program ever signed into law. As small businesses continue to struggle with dwindling demand, workforce shortages, and[Read More…]

Applications are due July 31, 2021 Release from West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection: CHARLESTON, W. Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation (AML) is taking applications for a portion of $25 million in grant funding available for economic development projects.[Read More…]

Release from the West Virginia Department of Transportation: CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Nine bridge repair or replacement projects are among 26 projects included in a bid letting conducted by the West Virginia Division of Highways on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) is reviewing the bids and hopes[Read More…]

Release from Fairness West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W. Wa. — The Fairness Act was introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday with a bipartisan group of three Republican and three Democratic sponsors lining up to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. The Fairness Act is a bipartisan proposal to ensure[Read More…]

Consumer votes are needed to advance Press release from Mister Bee: PARKERSBURG, W.Va. – Lovers of Mister Bee Potato Chips can help the state’s only manufacturer of potato chips win this year’s annual FedEx Small Business Competition. Mary Anne Ketelsen, president of Mister Bee, threw her mascot’s top hat into[Read More…]

By Steven Allen Adams, The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package could be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives as soon as today, but a provision placed in the bill triggered Gov. Jim Justice on a rant against West Virginia’s lone Democratic U.S. senator. Justice,[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – House and Senate Democratic leaders gathered at the Capitol Monday morning to talk about some of their ideas to keep West Virginia’s youth in the state. Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbrier, called the state’s youth “our greatest export.” He graduated from[Read More…]

By David Kirk, Times West Virginian BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Officials from the West Virginia Farm Bureau say partner bills heading through the West Virginia Legislature would create a one-sided system for leasing land to oil and natural gas companies. Speaking Monday to a group of landowners and farmers at the Bridgeport[Read More…]

By Charles Young, WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A recently released study from economists at West Virginia University found that modernizing the state’s property laws could jumpstart a new era of natural gas development. The study — “The Economic Impact of Natural Gas Unitization,” conducted by the Bureau[Read More…]

By Taylor Stuck, The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the second year in a row, the West Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation making 50/50 child custody arrangements the standard. Passed Monday, House Bill 2363, the “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act,” says courts should assume that shared[Read More…]