Release from Consumer Energy Alliance: Charleston, W.V. — Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), a national advocate for energy consumers, will host a press conference TODAY in Charleston, W.V., on September 17th, with key energy consumers and business leaders to discuss the benefits of energy production to West Virginia’s families, small businesses and manufacturers in a new report to be […]
Release from Orion Strategies: PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Orion Strategies, a public relations and strategic communications firm, is opening a Pittsburgh office with Brittany Ramos joining the firm to lead that shop. Ramos comes to Orion Strategies as a Senior Account Executive after having served many years at Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation where she directed strategic outreach efforts and represented the industry and […]
Release from Aidan’s Antics: HANSFORD, W.Va. — Aidan’s Antics’ Second Annual Softball Tournament and Activities in the “Race Against Time to Cure Sanfilippo” is set for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14-15, at Elswick Fields, Hansford. The event honors 6-year-old Aidan Holcomb, who was diagnosed in March 2017 with a rare genetic condition called Sanfilippo Syndrome Type […]
Series features locally sourced community dinners Release from wvfoodandfarm.org: MATEWAN — Community groups in Welch, Matewan, and Big Ugly, together with the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition to launch the Hatfield-McCoy Heritage Food Dinner series. The Blair Mountain Strike Supper — set for Sept. 22 in downtown Matewan at 4:30 p.m. — is the next […]
Press Release from City Holding Company: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – City Holding Company (“City”) (Nasdaq: CHCO), the parent company of City National Bank of West Virginia, announced this week the concurrent signing of two separate definitive merger agreements. Under one agreement, City will acquire Poage Bankshares, Inc., (“Poage”) (Nasdaq: PBSK), the parent company of Town Square […]
Press release from the Associated Builders and Contractors CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Following the full repeal of West Virginia’s prevailing wage law in 2016, a study conducted by the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) found that total costs for public school construction in the Mountain State declined by over seven percent. Additionally, the […]
The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia has released the agenda for its 2018 Summer Meeting, Aug. 5-7. Hosted at The Greenbrier Resort, the IOGAWV meeting kicks off Sunday, Aug. 5, with a membership dinner. Monday’s speakers include Chevron Appalachia President […]
News release: FORT WAYNE, IN – Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc., has launched a new website serving as a gateway to thousands of digitized Lincoln era letters, photographs, newspapers, books and other items from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. The Friends’ newly launched website, www.friendsofthelincolncollection.org, will offer other items of interest, including […]
From the West Virginia Department of Education: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Participation in the West Virginia National Board Certification (NBC) support program has doubled among state educators since last summer with nearly 200 teachers taking advantage of the program. Of those who participated, more than half have committed to pursuing the gold-standard credential, a record for the […]
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