Economy

As Data Centers Eye W.Va., Local Communities Feel Overlooked

Data center development is a fast-growing industry, with projects popping up in seemingly every corner of the country. But that’s not been the case in West Virginia so far. Now, state officials are rolling out the red carpet for the expensive and increasingly expansive projects.

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Communities Have Questions As Data Center Development Underway, This West Virginia Morning

Data center development is a fast-growing industry, with projects popping up in seemingly every corner of the country. But that’s not been the case in West Virginia so far. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Chris Schulz reports state officials are rolling out the red carpet for the expensive and increasingly expansive projects.

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Writer’s Memoir Explores Complicated Relationship With Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning

Writer Emilee Hackney has a complicated relationship with where she grew up. She loved her friends, family, the swimming holes and wild places in Tazewell County, Virginia, but she felt stifled. Her new memoir, All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir, explores this tension and what happened when she did leave.

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2 W.Va. Counties Report Double State Unemployment Average

West Virginia’s overall unemployment rate is tied with the national average at 4.2%, but a few counties in the state are much higher and some are lower.

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