December 09, 2008TransGas Development Systems LLC (TGDS) plans to build a coal-to-liquids plant in West Virginia, company officials announced today during the West Virginia Energy Summit.July 23, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin announced today that Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits will be available to qualifying persons residing or working in Clay County. The area was given major disaster status by Manchin and President Geo...July 08, 2008Charleston, W.Va. – Governor Joe Manchin III signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) authorizing the WORKFORCE West Virginia Unemployment Compensation Division to accept federal funds to pay for up to 13 weeks of Emergency Unemploym...July 02, 2008Charleston, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin announced today that Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits are now available to qualifying persons residing or working in Wetzel and Tucker counties. The areas were given major disaster status by Manchin ...June 24, 2008Charleston, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin announced today that Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits will be available to qualifying persons residing or working in Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Marion, Taylor and Tyler ...June 10, 2008West Virginia’s maximum unemployment compensation weekly benefit rate will increase from $408 to $424 beginning July 1, 2008, according to Ronald E. Radcliff, WORKFORCE West Virginia executive director.
The benefit rate is determined by the amount of ...May 30, 2008A delegation from China’s coal-rich Shanxi province is coming to Charleston to talk to West Virginia businesses on Monday, June 2.
The delegation will meet with executives of 18 West Virginia mining equipment manufacturers in roundtable discussions at...May 30, 2008Hailed as both an environmental as well as an economic boon, the new CertainTeed Corporation gypsum board plant officially opened near Moundsville, W.Va., on May 30.May 29, 2008A West Virginia based company is looking to fill more than 60 new construction-based positions across West Virginia and other states, according to WORKFORCE West Virginia, an agency of the West Virginia Department of Commerce.May 19, 2008The Main Street Executive Committee recently received the 2008 National Main Street Partner award. The Executive Committee is chaired by West Virginia Main Street coordinator Monica Miller and includes Main Street representatives from eight states.May 07, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin III joined Emanuele Bosio, CEO of Allevard Sogefi; Keith Drew and Pierre L’Alloret, general managers of Sogefi Filter Division; and local officials to announce today the company will invest $7 million to add production of engine filter...April 11, 2008Gov. Joe Manchin signed a new bill on April 10 designed to move West Virginia closer to meeting its goal of statewide high-speed Internet access by 2010.
A map illustrating broadband service availability in the state was also released.
HB 4637 estab...April 08, 2008The groundbreaking ceremony for the Tokyo-based companyâs new production plant took place April 7, 2008, at the DuPont site in Belle, W.Va. Kureha is investing more than $100 million in a new, wholly-owned subsidiary to build the plant dedicated to ...April 07, 2008A strategic location and a readily available, skilled work force are important incentives for industries to locate in West Virginia, but having available infrastructure is becoming equally important as companies decide where to set up shop. That is why...March 19, 2008The Region VII Workforce Investment Board and WORKFORCE West Virginia announced today that staff is being sent to Charles Town to assist dislocated workers from AB&C Group’s Ranson and Martinsburg locations.
Three meetings are scheduled on March 25 at...February 11, 2008The deadline for businesses to turn in their completed United States Economic Census forms is Feb. 12. Businesses that received the forms are required by law to respond.
Companies can request assistance or a 30-day extension by visiting the U.S. Cens...January 16, 2008The Northern Panhandle Workforce Investment Board and WORKFORCE West Virginia announced today that staff is being sent to Weirton to assist dislocated workers from ArcelorMittal Weirton in completing applications for unemployment, job service, and trad...December 12, 2007The 2007 Economic Census gets underway in West Virginia on Dec. 17. Conducted once every five years, the survey measures America’s business activity from the national to the local level.
The census forms will be mailed to more than 4 million business... |
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