FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The West Virginia District Office has announced the 2016 Small Business Week winners. The District Office will celebrate the winners on  May 4 during an invitation-only awards luncheon at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Center in Fairmont. In addition to the winners below, a Director’s Choice Award will be given to a[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. —Democratic gubernatorial candidate Booth Goodwin today announced two key endorsements in his race to become Governor – the West Virginia Sheriffs’ Association (WVSA) and the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association (WVCOPA). Goodwin worked every day for the past 15 years with law enforcement officers, serving as United States[Read More…]

Allegheny Science & Technology Corp. CEO among honorees WASHINGTON – Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has announced this year’s Small Business Person of the Year winners from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. West Virginia’s 2016[Read More…]

Awardees invited to Washington, D.C. recognition ceremony, May 1-2 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has announced the 2016 National Small Business Week awardees for 17 different categories ranging from exporting, outreach, contracting, lending, disaster recovery to manufacturing and research and development. Among[Read More…]

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced  today that it will launch a 20- state road tour led by the SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs with participation from 11 other federal agencies. This will be the second year of[Read More…]

  PRINCETON,  W.VA. — The Libertarian Party of West Virginia (LPWV) has announced that Princeton Optometrist Zane Lawhorn has declared his candidacy for United States House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District. “The lack of jobs is the single biggest problem facing southern West Virginia,” declared Dr. Lawhorn. “The War on Coal in particular and loss[Read More…]

  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly, AFL-CIO and Wheeling Area Committee on Political Education (C.O.P.E) announced today that the organization is endorsing Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jeff Kessler for Governor. Secretary Treasurer Evan Scott Cundiff says Kessler has a strong labor background and has always fought[Read More…]

Charleston, W.Va. – Sistersville Tank Works — a manufacturer of custom pressure vessels, storage tanks and other specialty products — has won the 2016 BrickStreet and WVMA Safety Award for safety excellence. BrickStreet Insurance, in partnership with the West Virginia Manufacturers Association (WVMA), presented the inaugural BrickStreet and WVMA Safety Award during the WVMA Annual Dinner[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Today, the West Virginia Laborers’ District Council announced its support for Jim Justice. The Laborers represent 6,000 men and women across West Virginia that share Justice’s commitment to bringing new jobs to the state. “It’s an honor for our 6,000 members to have a candidate we can really get[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer John Perdue’s office is approaching last fiscal year’s unclaimed property return figures with about three months left in the current year. The office has returned $8.2 million in unclaimed property through March 17, as opposed to $5.9 million through March 19, 2015. The $8.2 million[Read More…]