West Virginia Businesses Exhibiting at Mining Expo in Canada
The West Virginia Development Office and eight West Virginia businesses are jointly exhibiting at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Expo, Canada’s premier mining show. The expo runs May 10-13 in Montréal, Quebec. The display booth is sponsored by Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), a regional economic development agency that encompasses 13 Appalachian […]
Jackson Kelly Attorney Nominated Vice President of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
Jackson Kelly PLLC attorney Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., was elected Vice President of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA) at its 74th Annual meeting in Ponte Vedra, Florida on April 25, 2015. Hurney was the Secretary and a past member of the Executive Council of the ADTA and a member since 1992. Matthew Bailey […]
Main Street West Virginia Welcomes New Communities
For the first time since the ON TRAC program was created, two new members have been accepted for Main Street West Virginia designation. The City of Elkins in Randolph County and the Town of Wheeling in Ohio County are the first ON TRAC communities to make the transition to Main Street status. The communities were […]
SBA and WVU Parkersburg Hosts Free Two-Day Training for Veterans and Spouses
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office and West Virginia University hosts Boots to Business: Reboot, an entrepreneurship training course for Veterans and their spouses starting Wednesday, May 20, at 8:30 a.m. through Thursday May 21, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. at West Virginia University’s Parkersburg campus. Boots to Business: Reboot is a two-day […]
West Virginians Raise Nearly $750,000 Benefiting 24 Counties in West Virginia
The results of three separate West Virginia based Give Local America 24 hour campaigns have raised nearly $750,000 from West Virginians based in the Mountain State and across the country in the course of 24 hours. This year the Give Local America Day in West Virginia involved:Â The Amazing Raise with Community Foundation for the […]
Twelfth Annual Empty Bowls Raises $17,700 for Local Food Bank
A check for $17,700 from Huntington’s 2015 Empty Bowls event was presented to Facing Hunger Foodbank Executive Director Cynthia Kirkhart Wednesday, May 6, on Marshall University’s Huntington campus on the Memorial Student Center plaza. Marshall University ceramics Assistant Professor Frederick Bartolovic and students, as well as representatives from B’nai Sholom Congregation and Christian Associates, presented […]
