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West Side art store shares Mountain State designs on global scale
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – More than 20 West Virginia businesses are being recognized for exporting products to a new country last year by the Department of Economic Development. One art-based business located in Charleston’s West Side, Echo-Lit, said they sold their designs to 15 different countries last year. Owner Jeanne Stevenson said she never imagined […]
Wawa Enters 14th State With a New Store Coming to West Virginia
A truck promotes Wawa's pending arrival at a groundbreaking outside Lexington, Kentucky, in June 2024. A West Virginia Wawa is on its way to becoming a reality, as the Delaware County convenience store chain opens its first store there, writes Jim Walsh for the Courier-Post. This will be Wawa’s 14th...
Revisiting An HIV Outbreak And Building Homes On Old Mine Sites This West Virginia Morning
At the height of the COVID outbreak, Charleston was sideswiped by a second deadly epidemic: what the Centers for Disease Control called the most concerning outbreak of HIV in the entire country. There was a bitter tug-of-war over how to respond. But where did that leave the patients, and the people most at risk? And what’s happened to the outbreak since then?
West Virginia golf earns All-Academic honors
It was a historic 2023-2024 season for West Virginia’s men’s golf team which saw them achieve unprecedented success on the course. But it turns out they didn’t let that distract them in the classroom. It was announced Tuesday that the Mountaineers have been named All-Academic Team by...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Former Pennsboro Police Chief Travis Snuffer
Former Pennsboro Police Chief Travis Snuffer was charged with animal cruelty, a misdemeanor, after his K-9 Judge was found in his parked cruiser in West Union, where he resides, on June 20. Pennboro Council decided to let the head of their police department go during an executive session on July...
WVU alum Blessing Ejiofor helps Nigeria women's basketball to first Olympic victory in 20 years
Former West Virginia women’s basketball alumni Blessing Ejiofor was able to take part in something quite special on Monday. Competing with the Nigerian national team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ejiofor and her teammates were able to upset Australia 75-62 in their opening matchup of the group play stage -- the win marked the first Olympic victory for Nigeria in the sport since 2004, ending a 20-year drought.
City of Morgantown honors Don Knotts with new Fife Avenue signs
Don Knotts’s legacy continues as the City of Morgantown installs new Fife Avenue street signs as part of the Don Knotts 100th birthday celebration. The sign depicts Knotts as Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show,” one of his most recognizable roles from his acting career. The sign also reads the words “Honoring 10 Years of Don Knotts’ legacy, July 21, 1924-July 21, 2024.”
New state drug czar named after WV agency goes more than a year without permanent director
A new leader is coming to the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy, ending the agency’s year-and-a-half run without a permanent director, according to Gov. Jim Justice. Dr. Stephen Loyd, an internal medicine and addiction medicine physician in Tennessee, will take over the office starting Aug. 12, Justice announced Wednesday during his weekly press […]
Local High School Football Schedules
Fall practice begins this Monday, Aug. 5 for most high school teams around the state as football is almost literally right around the corner. Here is a look at the football schedules for the Spartans, Cavaliers, and Mavericks as the 2024 high school season is set to get underway on August 30. Greenbrier East: […] The post Local High School Football Schedules appeared first on West Virginia Daily News.
Micrologic rolls out network in WV using Ciena and PON solutions
Micrologic, a privately owned and operated internet service provider (ISP) in West Virginia, is deploying a new fiber broadband network in Randolph County using Ciena’s broadband solution. Nestled in the heart of the Appalachian region, West Virginia is renowned for its remarkable landscapes characterized by dense forests and rugged...
Clean Vision Corporation Secures Amended and Restated $15 Million Loan Commitment for Plastic Conversion Network Project in West Virginia
LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / July 30, 2024 / Clean Vision Corporation (OTCQB:CLNV) ('Clean Vision' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that, on July 26, 2024, the West Virginia Economic Development Authority ('WVEDA') issued, and Clean Vision accepted, an amended and restated commitment letter (the 'Amended Letter'), providing Clean Vision with a $15 million high impact loan guarantee (the 'WV Loan Guarantee'). Once the loan has been finalized and the funds provided for in the WV Loan Guarantee have been received, Clean Vision will deploy such funds for critical aspects of the recycling and processing facility project being conducted by its wholly owned subsidiary, Clean-Seas West Virginia, Inc. ('Clean-Seas West Virginia'), in Quincy, West Virginia (the 'Project'). The Amended Letter amends and restates the previously announced commitment letter dated February 12, 2024 issued by WVEDA and accepted by Clean Vision on February 13, 2024 (the 'Original Letter').
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