David Sibray
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia district office is accepting nominations for its 2022 National and West Virginia Small Business Week Awards, including its annual Small Business Person of the Year award. Do you know of a business you’d like to nominate? Visit sba.gov/nsbw to download forms, criteria, and guidelines for submitting a nomination. … Read more
Residents of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and visitors passing through on I-79 have a new go-to spot at which to boost their health in a yummy way. Clean Juice, a USDA-certified organic juice bar franchise, has opened its newest location at 139 Conference Center Way. The fast-casual juice bar is owned and operated by health advocates … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ third annual Hunting & Fishing License Giveaway is officially open. Anyone who purchases an annual 2022 hunting, trapping, or fishing license in December will automatically be entered to win one of several prizes, including the grand prize of a combination hunting, trapping, and fishing lifetime license for a … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources over the last two years has added more than 31,200 acres to the state’s public lands in the northwestern state with the creation of seven new wildlife management areas and the expansion of another four. Jerry Westfall, a wildlife biologist for the division’s sixth district, a ten-county area … Read more
Hunters getting ready for the fall hunting seasons can now review the 2021 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook publication available on the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources website at WVdnr.gov. “Beech, walnut, hickory and black cherry production was up dramatically above last year and the long-term average,” said Chris Ryan, supervisor of WVDNR’s Game Management Services. … Read more
Beckley’s second annual “BEX” arts festival, set for Sept. 20-25, will feature twelve extraordinary workshops and performances designed to bolster the growing arts community in southern West Virginia. Scaled down for its second year to permit covid-conscious interaction, the pandemic has allowed organizers time to design intensive programs as the region continues to attract more … Read more
The hunt for more evidence of gravitational waves— the ripples in space-time formed by cataclysmic events in the distant universe—will be accelerated with a nearly $2 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to a West Virginia University scientist and her colleagues. Eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Maura McLaughlin will serve as principal investigator on the project, … Read more
National Public Radio and West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage today announced that West Virginia native Kathy Mattea will take over as the new host starting September 9. Mattea, a two-time Grammy winner from Cross Lanes, West Virginia, has performed on the world-renowned show hosted in Charleston, West Virginia, more than any other female artist, second only to … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Highways have announced that a project to repair and rehabilitate the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge at Wheeling, West Virginia, has been awarded. Advantage Steel & Construction was awarded a contract for $17,907,147 to make necessary repairs to the historic bridge’s superstructure and substructure, to replace any … Read more
Chris Zeto’s everyday duties range from community outreach and marketing assistance to explaining the history of the pepperoni roll. An extension agent for West Virginia State University, he works as a community and economic development agent in Logan County, a partnership between service and the Hatfield-McCoy Trails, covering 10 trail systems in seven different counties. … Read more
