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Economy Jack Walker, Jul. 10, 2025

Morrisey Commits $50M To Help Companies Grow, Create New W.Va. Jobs

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Thursday his office would award a Moorefield packaging plant $400,000 in state funds to expand current facilities. It's part of a wider $50 million targeted investment effort.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Feb. 03, 2023

A Teen Takes On Book Deserts In Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we meet a West Virginia high school student whose love of reading inspired her to bring books to young children. We also check in on people who were displaced by historic flooding in Kentucky. What’s happening now that we’re deep into winter? And we find advice for people navigating the difficulties of caring for aging parents.

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Economy Jun. 28, 2022

German Company's New W.Va. Plant To Create 100 Jobs

A German packaging manufacturer is investing $48 million in a plant in West Virginia and expects to create 100 jobs in Moorefield, officials said.

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Arts & Culture Mar. 21, 2022

A W.Va. Board Game And Honduran, Salvadoran Food In Moorefield On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a new West Virginia board game combines the Mountain State’s resident monsters and some favorite dishes. Also, in this show, we meet a woman who has been serving up traditional Honduran and Salvadoran food at her restaurant in Moorefield.

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Arts & Culture Clara Haizlett +, Dec. 03, 2021

Ethiopian And Eritrean Immigrants Bring A Piece Of Home To Moorefield With Traditional Coffee Ceremony

Moorefield, West Virginia, is home to about 3,300 people — about one in 10 are immigrants. That includes a small community from Eritrea and Ethiopia. Many of them work at the chicken processing plant in town, Pilgrim’s Pride. The hours there are long and don’t leave much time for socializing. Still, members of that East African community continue to practice a tradition they’ve brought from home: the coffee ceremony. Folkways reporter Clara Haizlett brings us this story, with help from former West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard.

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WVPB News May. 11, 2020

Coronavirus Testing Set At W.Va. Poultry Processing Plant

This is a developing story and may be udpated. The West Virginia National Guard began conducting tests for COVID-19 this week at a poultry processing…

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