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.

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.

Eleven Republican members of the West Virginia House of Representatives have introduced a data privacy bill similar to California's. But there are differences, writes Eric Rosenkoetter of law firm Maurice Wutscher, who outlines them and pronounced West Virginia's proposal "arguably less business friendly."

A new dual-credit program at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, W.Va., will enable high-school seniors in Marion County to enroll in two aviation courses on the university's campus. Students who sign up for introduction to aviation or private pilot technology classes will receive credits at both the high school and with Fairmont State's aviation program.