Mountaineer Brand Products Grows into Expanding West Virginia Business
Eric Young’s search for quality, budget-friendly beard products led to starting his own company in 2013. Young runs Mountaineer Brand Products with sister and business partner Meredith Young. The company soon outgrew the kitchen where the startup began and by 2014 had set up shop in a new building in Shepherdstown. The Mountaineer Brand line […]
WVSBDC Offers Small Business Workshop in Hardy County
A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Hardy County. The workshop is part of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WVSBDC) training and business coaching program Three Step Jump Start to help small business owners receive the right information at the right time. The […]
Lost & Found: My Travel Checklist
By Katie Allie These are my stories from the road and hard-won guidance from a thoughtful traveler. If I’m making you curious about getting lost and finding the good stuff in this great big world we all share, then I’m doing something right. You know the easy stuff: turn your cellular data off, confirm your […]
Simulated Workplace: The New Emerging Work Force
By Dr. Kathy D’Antoni The greatest strength of a state is the quality of its work force.  The history of West Virginia’s work force and its great work ethic is known across the nation. It is imperative as West Virginia’s economy becomes more diverse that the state’s emerging work force has the skill sets and […]
Autism Training Center at Marshall to Expand to Concord University
The West Virginia Autism Training Center located at Marshall University has partnered with Concord University to develop on-campus support in Athens, West Virginia, for students who are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Through its partnership with the WV ATC, Concord joins a national movement to develop specialized, on-campus programs to support this student population […]
Jackson Home Health & Mountaineer HomeCare Named Top Agencies by HomeCare Elite
Jackson Home Health of Ripley and Mountaineer HomeCare of Charleston have been named top agencies of the 2016 HomeCare Elite®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For more than 10 years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies and highlights the top 100 and […]