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Clyde Craig is a staff writer for West Virginia Explorer. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, he traveled with his family across the globe with the U.S. Army before returning to the Mountain State in 2011. He has been a writer with the explorer since 2018. He can be reached at 304-575-7390 or at craig@wvexplorer.com.
Gov. Justice announces 2021 Community Development Block Grant awards
Communities

Justice announces more than $13 million for community projects

by Clyde Craig

Gov. Jim Justice today awarded 19 grants worth $13,734,817 for parks, broadband, demolition, and water-sewer to communities in 14 counties across the state. The Federal Community Development Block Grant funds are a pleasure to provide, said Justice, who was joined for a virtual ceremony by local officials representing many of the communities receiving these grants. … Read more

Wild boar still range across isolated mountain hollows in Logan County.
Hunting

Proceeds of wild boar hunt support elk restoration project

by Clyde Craig

The W.Va. Division of Natural Resources has utilized proceeds from a February lottery wild boar hunt to purchase a UTV in support of the ongoing Elk Restoration Project, according to Elk Project Leader Randy Kelley. In conjunction with Natural Resource Partners, a special hunt was held between February 5-7 on the organization’s private lands in … Read more

W.Va. Division of Forestry Forester Jesse King instructs students.
Botany and Forestry

Glenville, state partnership creates forestry certification programs

by Clyde Craig

Glenville State College in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Forestry is offering forestry certifications as part of the school’s expanding Forest Technology program. Aside from earning an Associate of Science in Forest Technology or a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management with a major in Forest Technology, students in those programs are … Read more

Alpha Technologies has expanded its broadband business innovation at its offices in South Charleston, West Virginia.
Communities

Governor celebrates broadband expansion by Alpha Technologies

by Clyde Craig

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice congratulated the service-disabled, veteran-owned company Alpha Technologies for crossing the finish line on a major fiber expansion project in the Kanawha Valley. “I’ve said many times that broadband is monumental to our future in West Virginia,” Justice said Tuesday of the expansion, which was supported by his broadband initiatives. “Projects … Read more

Pendeleton County, Potomac Branches Region
Botany and Forestry

Forest Stewardship program announced in eastern panhandle

by Clyde Craig

The West Virginia Division of Forestry is announcing a sign-up period for the Forest Stewardship program counties in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in the state’s eastern panhandle. The program assists landowners with the management of forest on properties in Grant, Hardy, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Berkeley, Pendleton, and Jefferson counties. According to a release from the … Read more

Seed packages received from unknown sources without solicitation should not be planted, says WVDA.
Agriculture

WVDA urges public to not plant foreign seed packets

by Clyde Craig

Officials at the West Virginia Department of Agriculture are urging state residents not to plant foreign seeds following reports of unsolicited seeds being received in surrounding states. Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt said seeds could pose an environmental threat. “Like other states, we have been made aware of reports from people in West Virginia that … Read more

The Byrd Telescope glows red in the darkness at Green Bank.
Communities

Signals from space: WVU develops AI to detect radio bursts

by Clyde Craig

West Virginia University’s Duncan Lorimer might be the “godfather of the fast radio burst,” but a pair of international students have taken exploring these mysterious cosmic flashes to a new level. In 2007, Lorimer was credited for helping discover fast radio bursts—the intense, unexplained pulses of energy, light years away, that pop for mere milliseconds. … Read more