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A new short-term program offered by West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Workforce and Economic Development Division is providing five students from Wood, Pleasants and Jackson counties with hands-on training and paid work experience in the manufacturing industry. The students in the first Basic Manufacturing Industry Preparedness program completed nine weeks of classroom learning and were…
Mary Anne Ketelsen, majority owner and chief executive officer of Mister Bee Potato Chips, unveiled the design of a special new five-ounce potato chip bag saluting Veterans. Additionally, Ketelsen pledged to donate 10 percent of the purchase price of the designated “Salute Our Veterans” bags to United Service Organizations (USO) to assist Veterans and their…
Girls on the Run of North Central West Virginia (NCWV), a non-profit organization that provides a physical activity-based positive youth development program for girls in third through eighth grade, is expanding to Ohio, Brooke, Hancock and Marshall counties in West Virginia’s northern panhandle next spring through a partnership with MedExpress, a neighborhood medical center. Girls on…
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College will be hosting the 4th annual Harvest Half Marathon, which includes a 5k and 1.6 mile walk, on its Williamson campus Saturday, November 9. The marathon will begin at 9:00 a.m., with late registration open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. the day of the race. Registration is…
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will host a free workshop on entrepreneurial farming and food manufacturing Thursday, November 14, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Ohio Valley University in Vienna, West Virginia. The workshop will provide information on agriculture in the state, popular profitable crops and livestock to grow and raise, and…