WVU Extension Service brings edible landscaping to Randolph County elementary schools
Across the state, classrooms are quiet and hallways have emptied as another school year comes to a close. But at six Randolph County elementary schools, summer break is a time of growth and maturity – for the schools’ newly planted fruit-bearing trees and bushes, that is. West Virginia University Extension Service faculty and staff in Randolph County […]
Garden of Promise workshop
The Garden of Promise is a community garden started by the Burke Street Promise Neighborhood Initiative where residents of Martinsburg can grow vegetables, flowers, and friendships. The garden is a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, Burke Street Elementary School, United Way, Main Street Martinsburg, Healthy Berkeley, WVU Extension Master Gardeners, WVU Medicine East and the […]
Capito, Manchin Announce $3.9 Million for Apprenticeship Programs
U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,999,571 for the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education through the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA). Funding comes through the Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies grant program and will support […]
Tourism Office’s West Virginia Week Challenge reaches record number of social media users
West Virginia’s birthday social campaign had an estimated reach of more than 26 million social media users in seven days thanks to thousands of West Virginia fans who shared their love of the state. Almost Heaven, West Virginia is top of mind for travelers this summer thanks record-breaking participation in the West Virginia Tourism Office’s […]
Customer Survey Highlights Success of the West Virginia One Stop Business Center
The opening of the WV One Stop Business Center in January 2018 brought a new way of doing business to the Mountain State. Combining the WVSOS Business and Licensing Division, the WV State Tax Department, the WV Division of Labor and Workforce West Virginia into the very first four-agency, single-location business and licensing center in […]
Athens-Concord Town Social Set for August 18
The 33rd Annual Athens-Concord Town Social will be held on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the front lawn of Concord University in Athens. The Town Social historically draws hundreds of people for an afternoon of family-friendly entertainment and fun. Theme for this year is “Arts Alive in Athens”. Several […]