NRGRDA and the West Virginia Hive’s 2025 Regional Impact Report highlights major wins across the New River Gorge Region, led by Amazon’s $42 million Raleigh County project bringing 100 jobs.
West Virginians once fought landfill proposals that would have turned old mines into dumping grounds, winning laws that gave counties power to decide. Now opponents of massive out-of-state data centers say the state is stripping local control and they deserve the same say.
WVDOH has awarded its first contract to extend Corridor H from Wardensville to the Virginia state line, selecting Triton Construction for an $85.4 million, 3.74-mile segment with grading, drainage, twin bridges and paving.
Cancer research saved a Buckhannon toddler’s eye and sight, a powerful example of why Upshur County relays. Commissioners declared July 12-18 Relay for Life Week as chairperson Robin Oldaker shared how advances are saving local lives.
Buckhannon City Council renewed its street-paving contract with West Virginia Paving on July 2. Rising petroleum prices could have pushed the city’s cost up about $2.50 a ton, Public Works Director Ethan Crosten said.
Fairmont State’s Department of Humanities awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships to Alexis Gray and Kaden Lhotsky for six weeks of faculty-mentored research.
