NIOSH Renews Funding of WVU Occupational Health and Safety Training

West Virginia University (WVU) has received a five-year, $2.2 million competitive grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to continue to offer advanced training to physicians and engineering students. The WVU School of Public Health will provide the only occupational medicine residency training for physicians in the Appalachian region. “There are only…

United Way of Central West Virginia Hosts 10th Annual Day of Caring

Celebrating its 10th Annual Day of Caring September 16, United Way of Central West Virginia’s volunteers will help nonprofit agencies stock kitchen pantries, paint, clean, landscape and perform construction work. Kickoff rallies will take place at 8:30 a.m. in Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Logan and Putnam counties, and then volunteers will tackle improvement projects in each county.…

SBA Hosts a Small Business-Lender Match Maker Forum in Dunbar on September 10

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and SCORE will host a free Small Business-Lender Match Maker Forum event Thursday, September 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at West Virginia State University in the James C. Wilson University Union. Participants will…

Concord University’s Stuff the Bus Donates School Supplies to Raleigh County Children

School children in Raleigh County, WV, are benefitting from the community’s generous support of Concord University’s Stuff the Bus campaign. Coordinated by Concord’s Beckley campus, Stuff the Bus provides classroom basics like pencils, notebooks, pens, crayons, colored pencils and backpacks for students in need. Representatives of Concord University presented the school supplies to officials with…