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International Insulation Plant to Be Built in Jefferson County

A new manufacturing plant will set up shop in the Eastern Panhandle. Gov. Jim Justice announced it will create up to 150 new jobs in the state.

The new plant will produce stone wool insulation. This type of product is used in buildings, industrial applications, and in acoustic ceilings.

The plant will be built by ROXUL Inc. – a group based out of Denmark. ROXUL is part of the ROCKWOOL Group, which is the largest producer of stone wool insulation in North America.

The new plant will be based in Ranson in Jefferson County, on an estimated 130 acres on the Jefferson Orchards site. The plant will be the second facility ROXUL has opened in the United States.

It has manufacturing sites in Marshall County, Mississippi, as well as Milton, Ontario and Grand Forks, British Columbia in Canada.

ROXUL estimates the West Virginia project will cost around $150 million to build.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held in October 2017, and construction is expected to be completed by early 2020.

Ranson, Charles Town Officials Put Brakes on Bike Race

Officials in Ranson and Charles Town have decided to table a Jefferson County bike race.The Journal reports the cities' councils postponed the Two Cities…

Officials in Ranson and Charles Town have decided to table a Jefferson County bike race.

The Journal reports the cities’ councils postponed the Two Cities Criterium race indefinitely. The event was scheduled for July 9.

Chris Burns, president of Team Integrity Cycling, which hosted the race, says the Charles Town City Council wasn’t interested in having the event in their city again this year.

The 2014 race took cyclists on a course through Ranson and Charles Town.

Residents and merchants in both cities said they were blocked in during the six-hour event.

Burns told Ranson officials the event likely couldn’t take place in their city due to ongoing construction.

He says he wants to continue hosting the race, but he will have to find a time and place to do it.

Longtime Ranson Mayor David Hamill, 71, Dies of Cancer

Longtime Ranson Mayor David Hamill has died of cancer. He was 71.

City Manager Andy Blake and Ranson deputy mayor Duke Pierson announced in separate statements that Hamill died on Friday.

Hamill was in his 29th year as mayor.

Pierson will become acting mayor until Ranson’s next municipal election in 2017.

Media outlets report that Hamill was diagnosed with cancer of the liver bile duct more than a year ago. Hamill issued a public letter last month in which he said his health was deteriorating.

City officials say that funeral arrangements are pending.

LISTEN: African American Heritage Festival Encourages and Inspires Community

The 23rd Annual African American Heritage and Culture Festival took place in Jefferson County over the weekend. From a parade to live music, and a memorial walk to the original site of John Brown’s Fort – the festival offered a variety of events for visitors.

It was organized by the NAACP of Jefferson County, and they say the weekend is meant to bring people together and remember the history that helped shape our country into what it is today.

The 23rd Annual African American Heritage Festival Begins in Jefferson County

The 23rd Annual Jefferson County African American Heritage Festival begins Friday, August 14 in Charles Town.

This weekend, the African American Heritage Festival takes over Charles Town, Ranson, and Harpers Ferry and runs until Sunday, August 16.

There will be a Basketball Tournament, Job Fair, and a Youth Block Party on Friday.

Saturday will feature a parade, kid’s activities, historical landmark dedications and live bands.

In Harpers Ferry Sunday, there will be a Memorial Walk to the site of John Brown’s Fort, and the festival comes to a close with a church service at the historical Curtis Freewill Baptist Church built in 1894.

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