Local SERVPROR Restoration Specialist Offers Tips for Preventing Holiday Fires
The approaching holiday season brings traditions, parties, shopping, entertaining – and potential danger, according to Stephen Reynolds of SERVPROR of North Kanawha Valley & Teays Valley. The latest statistics available from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) show the holidays are a high-risk time for home fires. Christmas trees are responsible for 240 home fires each year, and other holiday decorations […]
High-Tech Assets: West Virginia Industry Leaders
By Kensie Hamilton When people think of West Virginia, the high technology industry and the advances in research and development may not be the first things that come to mind. It is the impact these industries are having on our state, though, that are propelling West Virginia into the next generation and a global market. […]
West Virginia’s Greatest
By Jennifer Jett West Virginia is a small, unassuming state, recognized around the world for its coal and natural gas and acknowledged by outdoor adventurers as one of the best locations for natural beauty and adrenaline spikes. To an outsider, these two industries pretty much sum up the State of West Virginia. What many don’t […]
International Exports: West Virginia’s Mine Safety and Rescue Expertise
By Dennis Jarvis, II When you hear the term “outsourcing,” it is usually associated with corporations and organizations seeking cost-effective employment needs in markets outside of their region or outside the United States. The definition of this trend, however, has begun to change as the international coal industry has turned to the Mountain State for […]
The Humidors of Honduras: Exploring the Cigars of Central America
By Tim Urbanic How’s this for a birthday present? My wife, Melody, intercepted an e-mail from the Leaf & Bean Cigar and Coffee Shop on the Strip, located in Pittsburgh. The e-mail was an invitation to travel to Honduras to the Rocky Patel Cigar Factories. While traveling to Central America is probably something I would […]
D&E Names Shiflett to Admission Team
Matt Shiflett has been appointed as Assistant Director of Admission/Transfer Coordinator for Davis & Elkins College. In this capacity, Shiflett assists students from southeastern West Virginia and the mid- to-southeastern part of Virginia in the admission process. In addition, he guides all transfer students, as well as all nursing applicants and homeschooled students who apply to […]
