Commerce Secretary Gaunch continues business listening tour with visits to Wyoming and Raleigh counties

Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch today completed his latest set of visits to local businesses throughout West Virginia as part of an ongoing statewide listening tour. Secretary Gaunch’s recent stops came in the southern West Virginia counties of Wyoming and Raleigh, Aug. 13 and 14. “Southern West Virginia has suffered more from the downturn in the…

Capito, Manchin Announce More Than $7 Million to Help Homeless Veterans

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a collection of grants totaling more than $7 million dollars to support homeless veterans under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. “Veterans can often face difficulties acclimating after their…

Spilman Plays Major Role in First-of-Its-Kind Labor & Employment Law Book

Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that four of the firm’s lawyers contributed to a first-of-its-kind book, “Trial Techniques for the Labor and Employment Law Practitioner,” published by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. “A book like this has never been done before,” said Eric W. Iskra, who served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the…

TMC Technologies continues to grow its FBI CJIS team, adds Kenneth Heck to support Operations & Maintenance Professional Services II Program

TMC Technologies of West Virginia (TMC), a leading edge technology solution provider is proud to announce the hiring of Harrison County, WV resident Kenneth Heck as a Microsoft SQL Server Data Base Administrator (DBA) supporting the Operations & Maintenance Professional Services II (COMPS II) program at the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS). TMC is…

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests to Make Critical Water Infrastructure Improvements Needed to Spur Business Growth in Doddridge County, West Virginia

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $962,000 grant to the Doddridge County Public Service District to provide water service at a 50-acre commercial site located out of the floodplain in Doddridge County, West Virginia.  The EDA grant, to be matched with $962,000 in local investment, is expected to…