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Prosecutors Begin To Charge Suspects For Making Threats Against Schools
As of Monday evening, the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security reported more than 60 schools in 34 counties were affected by the more than 140 threats made in the past week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Student Places Third In Global Microsoft Excel Contest
Andrew Manteau earned third place for Microsoft Excel at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship in July.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEnergy Storage Project Using West Virginia-Made Batteries Gets $100 Million In Federal Funds
This week, the Department of Energy announced it would provide more than $100 million to a “multi-day energy storage project” using batteries from Form Energy’s new Weirton factory, located in Hancock County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCleveland-Cliffs To Turn Steel Facility Into Manufacturing Plant, Creating 600 Jobs
Cleveland-Cliffs is redeveloping a shut-down steel plant into a manufacturing facility in Hancock County, creating 600 jobs after sweeping layoffs earlier this year.
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$760 Million Battery Plant, 750 Jobs Coming To Weirton
Gov. Jim Justice announced today that Form Energy will partner with the State of West Virginia to build its first iron-air battery manufacturing facility in the city of Weirton.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAugust 1, 1918: Industrialist Ernest Weir Renames His Company Weirton Steel
On August 1, 1918, industrialist Ernest Weir renamed his company Weirton Steel. He’d founded the company with J. A. Phillips in Clarksburg in 1905 as…
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