The Hardwood Alliance Zone “Grows Viral”
The West Virginia Hardwood Alliance Zone this week unveiled a promotional video that highlights the benefits and history of Mountain State hardwoods and the significant role they play in domestic and foreign export markets. The production emphasizes the “sustainable, magnificent, abundant” properties of West Virginia’s natural hardwood resources through captivating imagery and industry interviews. Lush, […]
Boone Memorial Hospital Blood Drive Scheduled for June 21
Boone Memorial Hospital (BMH) has scheduled its next blood drive for Friday, June 21st. The drive will be held on the second floor at Boone Memorial Hospital with registration starting in the Learning Resource Center and blood draws held just down the hall in the conference room. “The Red Cross used to bring the mobile […]
Celebrate West Virginia with Mick Souter on Town Square in Elkins
Join the Elkins Depot Welcome Center on Friday, June 21 with a concert on Town Square by West Virginia’s “Bard of Education,” Mick Souter, in his one-man show “Celebrate West Virginia.” Mick Souter will perform a variety of songs and stories that celebrate the people, history and culture of West Virginia. Souter is an energetic […]
Bloomberg Businessweek Ranks WVU No. 5 in Top Undergraduate Business Schools for Ethics
Upon his arrival at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics in July 2010, Jose “Zito” Sartarelli made no bones about the fact that he placed great importance on ethics. That coincided perfectly with the commitment by WVU’s business school, but the College has raised those standards even more since the dean’s arrival. Those standards, through ethics education […]
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards $17,000 to Charleston Schools, Nonprofits and Literacy Organizations
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded $17,000 to Charleston schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations to support adult, family and summer literacy programs. Award recipients include: the Young Women’s Christian Association of Charleston and the Library Foundation of Kanawha County, Inc. “At Dollar General, we are passionate about our mission of serving others throughout the communities we […]
SBA Announces New Initiative with Top Lenders to Help Veterans Become Entrepreneurs
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment by its top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by five percent per year for the next five years. Oftentimes veterans face challenges in raising capital or have trouble receiving a conventional loan. With the support […]
