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U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $320,000 for West Virginia communities through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development. This funding through the Community Facilities Program will support the purchase of vehicles and other equipment for emergency and non-emergency purposes.…
In the spring of 2018, more than 400 small business owners, company representatives and other critical workforce development partners attended the Apprenticeship In Motion (AIM) Program’s series of statewide summits. Specifically, this program encourages the expansion of more nontraditional industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing, high-tech, information technology, cyber security, logistics, tourism and hospitality. “Expanding the…
Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is proud to announce that 22 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Additionally, three Flaherty attorneys were named as Best Lawyers® 2019 Lawyers of the Year. Only one lawyer in each area of practice is honored as “Lawyer…
For the first time, Wheeling Heritage is a semifinalist for the Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA), which recognizes outstanding Main Street communities. The semifinals name 10 top contenders selected from entries across the nation. The three winners of 2019’s GAMSA will be announced March 25, 2019, during the Main Street Now conference in Seattle,…
This season’s Festival of Ideas at West Virginia University addresses topics at the forefront of the American conversation—from suicide prevention and genetically engineered food to civic engagement and why we should resist hate with free speech instead of censorship. The series begins at 4 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Health Sciences Center – Okey Patteson…
With more than 1 million visitors in 2017, tourism in the New River Gorge region has certainly changed over the years. The growing industry unofficially began when the Dragan brothers took friends down the river in rubber rafts in 1968. Those trips, based on friendship and a love for the outdoors, formed the first company to raft the New River, Wildwater Unlimited.