By KELSIE LEROSE The Journal BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Mike McKechnie said it takes the whole Mountain View Solar family to be successful. Winning the West Virginia Minority-Owned Business of the Year goes to the entire team. “I owe this to the past employees, the present and the future,” McKechnie,[Read More…]
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WVU researchers to develop economic plan for Potomac Highlands region
WVU Today MORGANTWON, W.Va. — A group of counties in eastern West Virginia have turned to West Virginia University to develop a strategic action plan for its future. WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research will lead a team of expert organizations who will prepare the plan in an effort[Read More…]
Preliminary approval for Greenbrier barrel company loan expires
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A whiskey barreling company’s $6 million loan application with a state agency, which had been given preliminary approval months ago, expired last week. David Warner, director of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, said Thursday that the loan application for the West[Read More…]
Internship takes Marshall University forensic science students to Dubai
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Receiving a master’s degree after years of hard work and dedication will be the highlight of collegiate careers for many Marshall University graduates this weekend, but for two forensic science students, an internship that sent them around the world created lifelong memories.[Read More…]
‘What Americans Do’ — Wellsburg Museum dedicated to WWII Battle opens addition
By MATT SAXTON The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Ed Jackfert looked on earnestly from his front-row seat as the members of a World War II museum here spoke about the progress it has made. “It’s tremendous,” said Jackfert, a prisoner of war in the early 1940s, about[Read More…]
Primary Election Day is Tuesday
From the office of the Secretary of State: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On the heels of a successful early voting period, Secretary of State Mac Warner reminds voters there is still time to cast their ballots in the 2018 primary election. Primary election day is tomorrow (Tuesday), May 8, across West Virginia’s 55 counties.[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, May 7
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, May 7, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. DESTRUCTIVE HAWAII VOLCANO FORCES EVACUATIONS The Kilauea volcano wipes out 26 homes and spews lava[Read More…]
Fayette County learned how hard it is to fight the natural gas industry in West Virginia
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is supporting seven local and regional newsrooms this year, including the Gazette-Mail, as they work on important investigative projects affecting their communities. By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Matt Wender’s vision for[Read More…]
Land gift more than doubles size of Bear Rocks Preserve at Dolly Sods
Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly 2 square miles of land along the Allegheny Front, the eastern rim of the Dolly Sods plateau in Grant County, has been donated to The Nature Conservancy of West Virginia to add to the conservancy’s existing, 477-acre Bear Rocks Preserve. The 1,143-acre[Read More…]
W.Va. Breast Health ‘Run for the Ribbon’ set for Saturday at State Capitol
Registration open until Saturday morning; Packet event tonight at Bream Presbyterian Church in Charleston CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Breast Health Initiative, Inc. (“WVBHI”)is hosting its 2018 Race for the Ribbon to end Breast Cancer this Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the West Virginia State Capitol Complex. WVBHI, a[Read More…]