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. […]
Charleston’s Downtown Streetfest Scheduled for August 22
The Charleston Area Alliance (CAA) is hosting its second Downtown Streetfest tomorrow, August 22. CAA is keeping the downtown fun going this summer. Meet up with friends and family from 3:30-8 p.m. along Capitol Street, between Quarrier and Lee, for live music, kids’ activities, food and drinks, pop-up shops and more. The VooDoo Katz will […]
WVU Plasma Physicist Awarded AGU James B. Macelwane Medal
Paul Cassak, an associate professor of physics and astronomy in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University (WVU), has received the prestigious 2015 James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union in recognition of his scientific contributions. “To have been chosen for this recognition across the entire membership of scientists […]
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 […]
Capito Partners with Google to Bring West Virginia Small Businesses Online
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced she will partner with Google to launch the Let’s Put West Virginia on the Map Program. Capito and representatives from Google will host a free tech workshop for Charleston-area small businesses at the Clay Center on Wednesday, September 2, to help business owners launch a website and […]
