Business Leaders & Educators Present Students Practical Skills and Education Opportunities for Manufacturing Careers
Industry representatives and educators in targeted regions across the state have joined to help educate middle school students about the benefits of, and education opportunities for, pursuing careers in manufacturing in West Virginia. “Explore the New Manufacturing” is a program of the West Virginia Manufacturers Educational Fund, or WVMAEF, that the West Virginia Manufacturers Association […]
Pipestem Resort State Park Announces 2016 Summer Amphitheater Series
From Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr. to Beach Nite Band to storyteller/liar Bil Lepp, visitors to Pipestem Resort State Park are invited to enjoy cool summer evenings with outdoor amphitheater entertainment. “We’re all over the place with great performances and performers,” said Kim Hawkins, Pipestem’s activities coordinator. “We have plays for all ages, a […]
Davis & Elkins Names Chris Wood as 15th President
The Davis & Elkins College Board of Trustees has named Chris A. Wood, 51, currently Vice President for Advancement at Wesley College in Dover, Del., as the College’s 15th President, effective Aug. 1, 2016. He succeeds G.T. ‘Buck’ Smith, who will again retire as President-Emeritus after serving six of the past eight years as President. […]
West Virginia State Parks Invites You to Hike During National Trails Day
Saturday, June 4, is National Trails Day, and West Virginia state parks are celebrating by offering special guided hikes on many of their trails. National Trails Day is sponsored by the American Hiking Society and is designed to encourage people to go outside, exercise and enjoy all that nature has to offer. Guided hikes are […]
Music, Dinner and River Cruising at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
A dinner cruise on the Island Belle sternwheeler is part of the Parkersburg Point Park Concert Series that begins Friday, June 3, 2016. A country-style dinner and boat ride on the Ohio River sets the stage before the musical presentation sponsored by Downtown PKB. The Island Belle departs Point Park in downtown Parkersburg at 6 […]
Appalachian Storage Hub: Realizing Our Potential
The West Virginia hills were once home to an abundance of mills, factories, chemical manufacturing plants and mines that employed thousands of hardworking Mountaineers. Today, the state’s economy is struggling to deal with the loss of businesses and population, the decline of the coal industry and the fight to maintain millennials, but West Virginia’s leaders aren’t giving up. As innovators continue to look for ways to revitalize the Mountain State, obtaining regional petrochemical cracking plants—or crackers—and creating an adequate resource to put West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industry back on the map are promising priorities.
