Wired for Success: The Business of Broadband
Without a viable broadband infrastructure, the Mountain State is lacking the most important tool to attract new businesses. Groups like Generation West Virginia, as well as a few West Virginia legislators, are championing broadband access as the key to growing and diversifying the economy.
Rising to the ChalleNGe
Since 1993, Preston County’s Camp Dawson has been the home of the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy, where West Virginia’s at-risk teens learn the skills and confidence necessary to reach for a future free from limitations.
Opposing Perspectives
According to The Associated General Contractors of America, West Virginia’s construction sector dropped by 4,400 jobs, a 13.1 percent loss, over the past year. Right-to-work laws, the prevailing wage rate and work force training are all being explored as possible solutions to increase the number of jobs in the state.
The Appalachian Advantage
The purchase of a significant portion of land in the Appalachian region has given Southwestern Energy direct access to the Utica and Marcellus shale plays. In West Virginia, that’s good news not just for the industry but also the work force and its communities. By Samantha Cart West Virginia has attracted national attention over […]
Industry Insiders
Professionals representing the coal, natural gas and manufacturing industries in West Virginia share their thoughts on the current market, exporting, legislation and the challenges their companies are facing.
Maximizing the Marcellus Shale: Benefits of Shallow Well Pooling
Despite the state legislature’s efforts, laws in West Virginia that allow pooling exclude shallow horizontal wells. Since wells drilled in the Marcellus Shale are considered shallow, creating a shallow pooling law may be the key to maximizing the state’s shale development.