Release from Oglebay Resort: WHEELING, W.Va — Oglebay continues to be a leader in youth golf teaching facilities in the state and region. With an ongoing emphasis on golf instruction, Oglebay Golf Professional Shane Rice championed the youth golf development programs in 2018 by doubling participation to more than 245[Read More…]
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Contractors Association of WV’s Clowser receives meritorious service award
Release from the Contractors Association of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Executive Leadership Council recently awarded Contractors Association of West Virginia Executive Director Mike Clowser with its 2018 Meritorious Service Award. The council, comprised of the 89 AGC chapter executives nationwide,[Read More…]
Media Alert: Press Conference: Energy Consumers, Business Leaders to discuss benefits of energy
Release from Consumer Energy Alliance: Charleston, W.V. — Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), a national advocate for energy consumers, will host a press conference TODAY in Charleston, W.V., on September 17th, with key energy consumers and business leaders to discuss the benefits of energy production to West Virginia’s families, small businesses and manufacturers in[Read More…]
Orion Strategies opens Pittsburgh office
Release from Orion Strategies: PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Orion Strategies, a public relations and strategic communications firm, is opening a Pittsburgh office with Brittany Ramos joining the firm to lead that shop. Ramos comes to Orion Strategies as a Senior Account Executive after having served many years at Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation where she directed strategic outreach[Read More…]
Aidan’s Antics’ softball tournament, activities to help in ‘Race Against Time to Cure Sanfilippo’
Release from Aidan’s Antics: HANSFORD, W.Va. — Aidan’s Antics’ Second Annual Softball Tournament and Activities in the “Race Against Time to Cure Sanfilippo” is set for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14-15, at Elswick Fields, Hansford. The event honors 6-year-old Aidan Holcomb, who was diagnosed in March 2017 with a rare genetic[Read More…]
Hatfield-McCoy Heritage Food Dinner Series visiting Matewan
Series features locally sourced community dinners Release from wvfoodandfarm.org: MATEWAN — Community groups in Welch, Matewan, and Big Ugly, together with the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition to launch the Hatfield-McCoy Heritage Food Dinner series. The Blair Mountain Strike Supper — set for Sept. 22 in downtown Matewan at 4:30[Read More…]
City Holding Company announces acquisitions bolstering Kentucky Presence
Press Release from City Holding Company: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – City Holding Company (“City”) (Nasdaq: CHCO), the parent company of City National Bank of West Virginia, announced this week the concurrent signing of two separate definitive merger agreements. Under one agreement, City will acquire Poage Bankshares, Inc., (“Poage”) (Nasdaq: PBSK), the[Read More…]
Study finds public school construction cost decline following repeal of prevailing wage in W.Va.
Press release from the Associated Builders and Contractors CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Following the full repeal of West Virginia’s prevailing wage law in 2016, a study conducted by the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) found that total costs for public school construction in the Mountain State declined by[Read More…]
Media Alert: IOGA of W.Va. announces agenda for 2018 Summer Meeting, Aug. 5-7
The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia has released the agenda for its 2018 Summer Meeting, Aug. 5-7. Hosted at The Greenbrier Resort, the IOGAWV meeting kicks off Sunday, Aug. 5, with a membership dinner. Monday’s[Read More…]
Friends of the Lincoln Collection launches new website
News release: FORT WAYNE, IN – Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc., has launched a new website serving as a gateway to thousands of digitized Lincoln era letters, photographs, newspapers, books and other items from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. The Friends’ newly launched website, www.friendsofthelincolncollection.org, will offer[Read More…]