SBA officials focus on simpler, streamlined small business programs at 2012 America East lender conference

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s America East Conference for SBA participating lenders provides intensive training to new and seasoned SBA lenders, resulting in expanded access to credit for the small business community. The event is open to the media, with opportunities to interview senior SBA staff and industry specialists from across the country, updates on…

West Virginia University Hospitals-East offers Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Eat Well for Life ISM Program to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles by focusing on Nutrition and Exercise

Everyone knows that there are definite benefits to eating a well-balanced, nutritious diet and exercising regularly, but many people just don’t know where to start. The Eat Well for Life programs teaches participants to live it, not diet. Participants can enroll in Eat Well for Life I, offered at WVUH-East, City Hospital and Jefferson Memorial…

New Energy Conference Aims to Create a Better Future for the Region

The National Research Center for Coal and Energy (NRCCE) at West Virginia University is hosting the first annual TransTech Energy Conference, November 14-16 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, W.Va. The conference will bring together innovative thinkers, investors, students and teachers who are interested in the growing field of transitional energy technologies. Energy technologies…

New culinary program at WVU Parkersburg recommended for ARC funding

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today recommended eight projects, totaling more than $4.7 million, to receive the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Investment Program grants. West Virginia University at Parkersburg was the only higher education institution project to receive a recommendation. The $150,000 for WVU Parkersburg’s project will provide commercial kitchen equipment for a kitchen incubator that…