West Virginia’s Premier Business Publication
The Charleston West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and Mayor Danny Jones announced today that Charleston, W.Va., has been chosen to host the 2014 National Marine Corps convention, as well as the 2017 Enlisted Association of National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) conference. Combined, both meetings will have more than $3.1 million in economic impact on the city.…
A Community Shred Day will be held September 12 in Morgantown so people can safely dispose of sensitive documents and better protect themselves against identity theft. The event, sponsored by My Bank! First United Bank & Trust and PACE Shredding, will be held at My Bank! Sabraton community office from 9 am to 4 pm…
By Dana M. DeJarnett Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in our society. In 2006, The US Surgeon General’s office issued a report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, that concluded (1) secondhand smoke exposure causes disease and premature death in children and adults who do not smoke; (2)…
On Wednesday, August 29, 2012, Kanawha Valley and Community and Technical College (KVCTC) welcomed Family Court Judge William Watkins as a guest speaker to KVCTC’s Civil Law 1 class. The Civil Law 1 class is part of KVCTC’s Paralegal Studies Program. It is offered in the evening so that both traditional and well as non-traditional…
Shepherd University will host a seminar for 16 high school teachers from across the country to study Appalachian literature and culture through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for three weeks in July. With the $99,000 grant, participants in “Voices from the Misty Mountains: Appalachian Writers and Mountain Culture” will learn about Appalachian culture,…
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Together We Can Knock Out Breast Cancer is the theme for West Virginia University Hospitals-East’s upcoming discount mammogram clinics to be held at both City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson. These special clinics will be held each Saturday in October at City Hospital’s Breast…