WHEELING, W.VA – West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) has received a $50,000 grant from the EQT Foundation. EQT’s generous gift will provide student tuition assistance for the College’s new Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program and Summer Welding Institute. With this grant, students who qualify,…
Senator Owens Brown filed today on the Democratic ticket for the 1st District Senate Seat. Brown, who was appointed in December by Gov. Jim Justice to fill the unexpired term of Sen. William Ihlenfeld, will face former Delegate Randy Swartzmiller in the May Primary. To…
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice today announced the preliminary approval of over $17.4 million in Line Extension Advancement and Development (LEAD) program funds for various broadband infrastructure projects throughout the state. This marks the first round of grants awarded as part of Gov. Justice’s Billion-Dollar Broadband Strategy,…
Karan (Baier) Valenti has filed as Republican candidate for Hancock County Clerk. Valenti has twelve years of experience in the County Clerk’s office. She began working in the election office in 2009 and together with the late Jeanne Gibson successfully executed three Primary elections,…
………As candidates file for the upcoming election one might wonder…..where have all the Democrats gone? Did the strong showing by the Republican party discourage potential candidates with a D after their name from throwing their hats into the fray. Perhaps, or seeing the recent Republican…
Pictured Left to Right: Jennifer Pierce, COO; Haeley Shaffer; Lisa Mowry, CEO; Marissa Collett, Domestic Violence Assistance Program Manager. When Haeley Shaffer, a senior at Brooke High School, began working on her Senior Honors’ project she came up with an idea that would not only…
A bill to reallocate net terminal income from racetrack video lottery to include municipalities has been introduced by Del. Pat McGeehan (R-1st). Under current statutes if a racetrack is not located within a municipality, two percent of the net terminal income goes to the…
National Steel Corporation as developed by E.T. Weir, J.C. Williams, Tom Millsop and other executives, was a little different in scope than some of the other major steel producers. Oh, it was pretty big in the early 1970’s. It was the number four U.S. producer,…
Residents who have contributed much of their time and effort to their community and fellow humans will be honored this year as the New Cumberland Hall of Fame returns. The COVID pandemic caused the annual celebration to take a hiatus in 2020. This year’s…