West Virginia University and Pierpont Community and Technical College and Sprouting Farms’ Greenville Farm Kitchen will received $1 million federal funding for agricultural workforce training. The schools will split the money evenly.

Approximately 20 organizations participated in a crisis training session for the Raleigh County, W.Va., Emergency Services Authority. 911 Emergency Planner Cody Fortner says the exercise was the first since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Parts and labor used in aircraft maintenance will be exempt from West Virginia's consumer sales and service tax beginning Sept. 1. Read more.

Delta Air Lines Technical Operations is partnering with a new aviation maintenance program being launched by Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College, the first such program in West Virginia. The program will provide students with technical education for jobs in the aviation industry. "We will support you with parts, we will support you with industry best practices, we'll support you with tooling, we'll support you with expertise, we will grow your curriculum, we will grow your students, we will grow your staff," said William Smith, Delta's learning and development director for Technical Operations.

The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill to expand rural broadband in the state with consumer protections, a streamlined permitting process and "dig once" guidelines for fiber. The bill passed with an almost unanimous vote and now moves to the state Senate.