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…]
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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…]
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…]
More Naik buildings inspected
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Multiple warehouse facilities owned by the Naik group of companies were inspected Thursday by state and local authorities. They’re among 12 properties — not all of which belong to the owners of the destroyed Intercontinental Export-Import Plastics warehouse — slated[Read More…]
IEI details first steps of remediation in email to county
By BRETT DUNLAP and MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A letter sent to Wood County officials Wednesday details the first steps to secure and remediate the site of the IEI Plastics warehouse fire on Camden Avenue. The email from Sunny Naik, accounts manager with SurNaik[Read More…]
WV ranks fourth in premature birth rates
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Nearly 12 percent of babies delivered in West Virginia are now born premature — placing the Mountain State (11.8 percent) fourth behind Mississippi (13.6 percent), Louisiana (12.6 percent) and Alabama (12 percent) for the highest percentage of preterm births. Those relatively high[Read More…]
MVP developers suing hundreds of WV, Virginia landowners for easements
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON,W.Va. — As the state Department of Environmental Protection paves the way for the project,developers of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline are suing hundreds of landowners in West Virginia and Virginia to gain easements through eminent domain rights granted to MVP by a federal[Read More…]
Development group seeks grant money for Beech Bottom project
By LINDA HARRIS The State Journal BEECH BOTTOM, W.Va. — The Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle is seeking a $2.6 million grant to help fund building improvements at the Beech Bottom Industrial park. Executive Director Pat Ford said at least two prospects are “extremely interested” in locating in[Read More…]
WVU students finding recovery from addiction at Serenity Place
By CONOR GRIFFITH The State Journal MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Serenity Place, home of the WVU Collegiate Recovery Program, allows students to take the lead in supporting one another on the road to sobriety. Located inside the house at 369 Oakland St., Serenity Place is open from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (with[Read More…]
Housing potential is building in downtown Wheeling
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Record WHEELING, W.Va. — About 50 people are on a waiting list for apartments at the Boury Lofts complex, so Kip Miller believes the six-story structure once home to Columbia Gas Co. — less than two blocks from the Boury project on 16th[Read More…]
