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Gee says WVU Won't Abandon Montgomery when Tech Leaves

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee says the school won’t abandon Montgomery after it moves the WVU Institute of Technology’s programs to Beckley in 2017.

Gee told The Register-Herald that the university is looking at other options for Tech’s facilities in Montgomery that are owned by WVU and the state.

Gee says WVU also will continue to develop programs for Montgomery through its Extension Service and community development services.

He says the university’s mission includes improving opportunities for West Virginia’s 1.8 million residents and creating communities that are valued.

Tech has been a regional WVU campus since 1996.

Alpha to Idle Two Southern West Virginia Mines, Lay Off 92

Alpha Natural Resources plans to idle two coal mines in southern West Virginia and lay off 92 workers at the end of November.

The Register-Herald reports that state and Raleigh County officials received a letter on Tuesday from Alpha notifying them of the layoffs.

Alpha’s letter says the Bristol, Virginia-based company plans to idle the Edwight Source Mine and Independence Coal Company’s Tunnel Mine on November 30.

The letter attributes the mines’ idling to adverse market conditions.

The Edwight mine employs 79 workers and the Tunnel Mine employs 13 workers. The layoffs are expected to be permanent.

In September, Alpha announced that it planned to close a mine in southwestern Pennsylvania and three mines in Virginia in November.

Alpha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 3.

US Army Moving Recruiting Center from W.Va. to Va.

The U.S. Army is moving its recruiting center in Beckley to Virginia.
 
The U.S. Army Recruiting Command’s relocation to Richmond, Virginia, is scheduled to be completed by the end of June.
Capt. Randall Agnew, the company commander in Richmond, tells The Register-Herald that there currently are four full-time workers at the Beckley facility.
 
The Beckley center once employed around 30 workers.
 
The Army announced the relocation in February.
 
 

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