WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Manufacturers Association President Rebecca McPhail released the following statement in response to Tuesday’s vestment announcements. “We are pleased to welcome Nucor Steel and GreenPower Motor Company to West Virginia. These companies not only provide great paying jobs in the Mountain State,[Read More…]

Wv Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. has signed an agreement with the state to lease/purchase a 9.5-acre manufacturing facility in South Charleston, including an 80,000-square-foot building, where the company will manufacture zero-emission, all-electric school buses, bringing hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars in economic impact[Read More…]

Sheet steel mill development will exceed $2.7 billion WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Nucor Corporation has selected Mason County, West Virginia, as the location for a state-of-the-art sheet steel mill. The record investment will exceed $2.7 billion, making it the largest in West Virginia history, as well as the largest[Read More…]

WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice Wednesday formally delivered a written State of the State message to the West Virginia Legislature, which satisfies his constitutional requirement to give to the Legislature information by message of the condition of the state at the commencement of the legislative session. Tuesday,[Read More…]

Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Jan. 13, 20222nd day of the Legislative Session SENATE: The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 1: US Army PFC Billy Keith Ford Memorial Bridge SCR 2: John B. Short Memorial Bridge SCR 3: USMC CAPT Dempsey Stowers Memorial Bridge[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) and Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission will host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Ecumenical Service virtually on Monday, Jan. 17. The public can tune in through HHOMA’s Facebook page or YouTube channel at 9:30 a.m., or on WV[Read More…]

WV Press Release Sharing Beckley, W.Va. – Oak Hill resident Olivia Morris recently joined the West Virginia Hive Network and Country Roads Angel Network (CRAN) as a program coordinator. Morris, a Marshall University graduate who taught in Kanawha County Schools for five years and served as Network Engagement Coordinator for[Read More…]

By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Electric school buses will soon be manufactured in West Virginia. Gov. Jim Justice released the announcement Wednesday morning that GreenPower Motor Company, Inc. will lease/purchase a manufacturing facility in Charleston and begin production late this year. Justice said the facility will[Read More…]

By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — An announcement by state officials and Nucor Steel, Wednesday, on plans to construct a new state-of-the-art sheet mill in Mason County could still have benefits to the Northern Panhandle. “Following a thorough process to determine the right location for our[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – In place of an in-person State of the State Address in front of a packed House of Delegates chamber, Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday delivered an abbreviated five-page written address to the Senate and the House of Delegates. Justice did this because[Read More…]