By Tim Urbanic How’s this for a birthday present? My wife, Melody, intercepted an e-mail from the Leaf & Bean Cigar and Coffee Shop on the Strip, located in Pittsburgh. The e-mail was an invitation to travel to Honduras to the Rocky Patel Cigar Factories. While traveling to Central America is probably something I would…
By Jennifer Jett They call it the Pearl Harbor of our generation. More than 3,000 people lost their lives on that clear September morning, and more than 400 of those lost were law enforcement and emergency responders. With the towers falling one by one, hundreds of firemen and police officers were trapped in the wreckage…
By Marta Tankersley Growing up in rural Monongalia County, life on the farm taught budding entrepreneur Benjamin Statler life lessons that would one day improve the lives of people throughout the Mountain State. He spent his childhood in Daybrook, which has a population of only 171 according to the 2010 census, but that little hamlet…
By Heather Williams The basics of today’s education system—technology, policy, curriculum—are constantly changing. A solid education is a must-have tool for success, and the continual integration of technology into the school system is the key to preparing students for an increasingly competitive global market. For the 2012 Education Issue, West Virginia Executive asked members of…
By Governor Earl Ray Tomblin As a former teacher, I know a solid education is the foundation on which one builds a secure life in today’s competitive global economy. With roots in business, I also understand the value of reliable, hardworking employees and entrepreneurial-spirited people who go the extra mile because it makes all the…
By Kirsten Smith Imagine helping your child get ready for his or her first day of school and all that is packed in the extra-large, trail king backpack is a bottle of water, a mid-morning snack and a couple of number two pencils. Later that day your child comes home with a mobile computing device…