W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this episode of The Legislature Today, the Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 571, creating an Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority for Corridor H. Curtis Tate spoke with Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael about the importance of Corridor H to the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe state government has been successful in attracting national corporations to set up shop in West Virginia. And, they say tourism jobs are ready to explode. The challenge now is filling thousands of positions that demand a wide variety of skill sets.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe $50 million facility will employ at least 40 workers who will take plastic waste and turn it into clean fuels, including hydrogen.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsForm’s iron oxide batteries will store energy produced by wind and solar and provide stability in the grid.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSouth Korean pharmaceutical company UNDBIO is set to build an insulin manufacturing facility in Morgantown.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLarge budget surpluses, in recent years, have encouraged what to do with that money. One thought is to use a large portion of it for economic development projects — enticing companies to set up shop in West Virginia. Another school of thought is to invest that money in poverty programs and to bring the poorest West Virginians up. Reporter Chris Schulz spoke with Mitch Carmichael, the Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development, and Rev. Matthew Watts from the Tuesday Morning Group, about possibilities.
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