CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia businesses export a diverse range of products, from aluminum coil to video distribution, construction coatings to silk yarns. In an awards ceremony today, 34 companies received the Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry for exporting to a new country in the previous year. The awards are[Read More…]
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$1 million Robert E. Douglas Jr. scholarship established at Davis & Elkins College, W.Va.
From Davis & Elkins College: ELKINS, W.Va. – The late Rob Douglas, Class of 1984, never intended to spend his entire college career at Davis & Elkins. As it turned out, he grew to love the College in a short time and transferring never again crossed his mind. With each semester[Read More…]
Purifying wastewater: EPC America unveils BioDisk sewage system in Cavitt’s Creek
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph TAZEWELL, Va. — A potential “game changer” in wastewater treatment was unveiled at Cavitt’s Creek Park in Tazewell County Friday morning, the result of an international partnership between the county and an Israeli company. Called the Bio-Disk Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC), it “combines nature[Read More…]
W.Va. Coal River Group awarded WV Development Office grant to promote water trail regionally
By Rick Steelhammer The Charleston Gazette Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A $115,000 grant from the West Virginia Development Office will allow the Coal River Group to launch a marketing campaign aimed at drawing visitors from outside the state to the 88-mile Coal River Water Trail. “We have done amazing things[Read More…]
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Schumer backs Joe Manchin at WV Democratic fundraiser
By Jake Zuckerman The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The most powerful Democrat in the U.S. Senate buoyed up the re-election campaign of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in a speech at a fundraiser Friday, on the cusp of what could be a vicious election season. Speaking at the state party’s[Read More…]
Fayette County, W.Va., Commission votes to dissolve Arbuckle PSD
By Jessica Farrish The Register-Herald of Beckley, W.Va. FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — After hearing impassioned objections and technical and financial arguments presented by ratepayers of Arbuckle Public Service District during a one-hour hearing Friday morning, Fayette County Commission voted to dissolve Arbuckle PSD. Under plans approved by the commission and the[Read More…]
Editorial: Braidy Industries project in Kentucky shows value of ready industrial sites
From The Herald Dispatch of Huntington: Braidy Industries’ plan to build a $1.4 billion aluminum plant in Northeast Kentucky developed a hiccup when the company learned that the soil makeup at its selected site in South Shore, Kentucky, wasn’t adequate to support the necessary heavy machinery. Fortunately, the company and[Read More…]
Southern W.Va. Entrepreneurship Initiative hires Kristina J. Oliver as program administrator
Release from Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College has hired business development professional Kristina J. Oliver to take the reins of program administrator. This new role establishes an Entrepreneurship and Business Coaching Center in a 9 county region hosted[Read More…]
EPA sets public hearing in Charleston on repealing Clean Power Plan
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will hold a public hearing later this month in Charleston on the Trump administration’s effort to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration rule aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power[Read More…]
EDUCATION & ECONOMY: Pittsburgh mayor discusses lessons W.Va. can learn from the Steel City
The first in a three-part series By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Speaking to West Virginia legislators at an education and economic forum in Charleston on Thursday, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said there are a few lessons West Virginia could learn from his city’s resurgence, but there will[Read More…]
