Appalachian Storage Hub: Realizing Our Potential
The West Virginia hills were once home to an abundance of mills, factories, chemical manufacturing plants and mines that employed thousands of hardworking Mountaineers. Today, the state’s economy is struggling to deal with the loss of businesses and population, the decline of the coal industry and the fight to maintain millennials, but West Virginia’s leaders aren’t giving up. As innovators continue to look for ways to revitalize the Mountain State, obtaining regional petrochemical cracking plants—or crackers—and creating an adequate resource to put West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industry back on the map are promising priorities.
Moving the Mountain State Forward
If you had a medium through which you could voice your concerns about West Virginia, would you use it? What if your thoughts were anonymous and you could be completely—and brutally—honest? West Virginia Executive (WVE) posed this question to its readers this past spring, and the response was a resounding “yes.” Readers from different backgrounds, professions and political affiliations submitted their honest opinions about the struggles they see West Virginia facing.
Progress Report: 2016 Legislative Session
The West Virginia State Legislature adjourned its 2016 session on March 12 after 60 days of discussion and debate and a three-day extended budget meeting. In this year’s session, the pressure was on as West Virginians anticipated the passage of legislation that would aid the state’s struggling economy and incentivize businesses to make the Mountain State home.
Winner’s Circle 2016: West Virginia Manufacturing
Manufacturing is a lifeline for a struggling economy. It creates wealth and prosperity, leads to economic growth and global trade, encourages development and creativity and creates job opportunities across industries—after all, without goods, there can be no services.
Taking Back Our State
West Virginia’s drug epidemic presents a huge challenge to state leaders and community members and a threat to the quality of life in the Mountain State. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld and former U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin are working together toward a tangible solution. By Samantha Cart West Virginia is known for its breathtaking mountains, […]
Leading the Way: John Elliot
The entrepreneurial spirit and passion for the well-being of others, which is exemplified in the high standard of care at AMFM, has made John Elliot not only a leader in his industry but also in his community. By Jessica Chambers & Jennifer Jett Prezkop John Elliot’s approach to life has been to find the […]