Future Investment Day at Marshall is Friday, Feb. 22
About 200 eighth-grade students from Huntington Middle School will visit Marshall University’s Huntington campus Friday, Feb. 22, to take part in Future Investment Day. The purpose of Future Investment Day is for the students to realize the need for college and to understand the steps necessary to prepare for college. Future Investment Day features hands-on […]
Buy Local, Dine Local at WVU Small Farm Conference
Local foodies have two opportunities to purchase farm-fresh goods at the West Virginia University Extension Service Small Farm Conference which begins Feb. 28 in Morgantown. Back by popular demand is the annual Winter Blues Farmers Market, sponsored by the West Virginia Farmers Market Association. The market is open to public from 3-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. […]
Gov. Tomblin’s Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force Presents Report
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has received a final report from the Governor’s Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force. The report provides several recommendations regarding the utilization of the state’s abundant natural gas to fuel the state’s transportation needs. “We have the opportunity to reinvest in our own economy, provide drivers with lower costs at the pump […]
WV Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program Plans Spring Workshop
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announces that the spring Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Workshop at North Bend State Park will be April 19-21, 2013.   Have you ever wanted to learn a new skill but have never had the opportunity to try? Or, have you wanted to take up an outdoor sport but were afraid […]
Facemire-Roll Scholarship to Benefit Accounting and Finance Students at WVU
Rob and Penni Roll, both of whom earned undergraduate accounting degrees from West Virginia University, have established the Facemire-Roll Scholarship through a gift of $105,000 to the College of Business and Economics. The endowment will provide scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students in accounting and finance. “This gift is fantastic because it really fills an […]
Local SBA Employee Creates National Resource
The U.S. Small Business Administration has recognized West Virginia’s District Deputy Director, Karen Friel, for a best practice improvement that has been selected for use in all of SBA’s District Offices nationwide. Friel saw a need for a document encompassing the necessary facts, statistics, contacts and news for the District Office in one place. This […]