Appalachian Heritage Day Inaugural Event
Southern West Virginia Community College will be hosting its first-ever Appalachian Heritage Day. The event will include award-winning old-time musicians, scholars, authors, and various other vendors from around the state and region. All media are invited to attend. Video and still photography opportunities are available, and the assembled artisans will be available for interviews. WHAT: […]
Commerce Secretary Gaunch continues business listening tour with visits to Wyoming and Raleigh counties
Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch today completed his latest set of visits to local businesses throughout West Virginia as part of an ongoing statewide listening tour. Secretary Gaunch’s recent stops came in the southern West Virginia counties of Wyoming and Raleigh, Aug. 13 and 14. “Southern West Virginia has suffered more from the downturn in the […]
Digital Relativity Continues Growth with New Team Members
DDigital Relativity, a full-service marketing agency with offices in Fayetteville and Charleston, has seen continued growth since it was established in 2011. Currently, the company has a total staff of 20. Digital Relativity most recently welcomed team members Dawn Nolan, Caitlynn Jones and Ashton Harvey. Nolan is Digital Relativity’s new content creator. She is a […]
Capito, Manchin Announce More Than $7 Million to Help Homeless Veterans
U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a collection of grants totaling more than $7 million dollars to support homeless veterans under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. “Veterans can often face difficulties acclimating after their […]
Spilman Plays Major Role in First-of-Its-Kind Labor & Employment Law Book
Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that four of the firm’s lawyers contributed to a first-of-its-kind book, “Trial Techniques for the Labor and Employment Law Practitioner,” published by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. “A book like this has never been done before,” said Eric W. Iskra, who served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the […]
West Virginia’s Blueprint Communities: A Guide to Revitalizing Neighborhoods
Described as a picture of uneven economic recovery by economist John Deskins, director of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, the Mountain State continues to see healthy growth in some areas and economic weaknesses and population loss in others. By revitalizing some of West Virginia’s oldest neighborhoods, the state’s blueprint communities are attempting to turn the tide on this pattern.