Charleston, Huntington Advance in $10 Million America’s Best Communities Competition

Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia will have the opportunity to continue their journeys toward winning the top prize in the $10 million America’s Best Communities competition. Frontier Communications officials today presented Charleston and Huntington with ceremonial tickets to the competition’s semifinals, which includes a trip to the America’s Best Communities Summit in April. Sponsored by…

SBA’s West Virginia District Office Welcomes New Deputy District Director

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office welcomes George Murray as its new Deputy District Director. Murray, a native of Abington, Pennsylvania, has worked for the agency for the past eight years. Most recently, Murray held the position of Lead Economic Development Specialist at SBA’s Eastern Pennsylvania District Office. Murray brings a wealth…

America’s Best Communities Will Announce Competition’s 15 Semifinalist Communities

Local leaders will gather together Wednesday in communities throughout the country to learn if their city has advanced into the semifinals of the America’s Best Communities competition. Events are planned in Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia. Sponsored by Frontier Communications, DISH Network, CoBank and The Weather Channel, America’s Best Communities is a $10 million competition…

New Hospitals and Health Care Providers Join Successful, Cutting-Edge Federal Initiative that Cuts Costs and Puts Patients at the Center of their Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 121 new participants – representing 49 states and the District of Columbia – in an innovative initiative – Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) – designed to improve the care patients receive in the health care system and lowers costs. Five Aledade ACOs in West Virginia, Florida,…