Bob Murray is angry, and he doesn’t mind letting you know about it. As one of the country’s most outspoken opponents of President Barack Obama’s administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), he’s now turning his words into action.
During the first half of 2014, the South Charleston Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation awarded almost $3,000 in funds to various school projects, including the following: • Montrose Elementary received funding for its fourth grade classroom for the purchase of 2 Charles Dickens’ classroom sets that will be taught across the curriculum. • Richmond Elementary…
West Virginia’s state parks extend an invitation to take a hike to help celebrate The American Hiking Society’s annual National Trails Day event. This year the national promotion is set for Saturday, June 7, 2014. “Public parks, organizations and outdoor enthusiasts recognize walking and hiking as healthy lifestyle activities. In West Virginia, the state park…
Industry reigns supreme in West Virginia. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2011, the state reported 1,278 manufacturing facilities, and in 2012, total output from manufacturing was $6.2 billion. Manufacturing in West Virginia accounts for 9 percent of the total state output and employs 6.3 percent of its work force. The Mountain State…
Growing up in Lexington, KY, Millie Marshall’s dream was that she would be a professional horse trainer. When her parents asked her about college, she originally didn’t plan to go. Today, sitting as the president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. (TMMWV) with multiple technical degrees, her dreams have shifted, but she isn’t one to shy away from change.
If you watched the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, you may know that America’s own Noelle Pikus-Pace took home the silver medal for women’s skeleton. What you may not know is that her former teammate, Lea Ann Parsley, with whom Pikus-Pace was in a devastating skeleton accident in 2005, has deep, West Virginia roots.