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Business

New coffee shop opens up in Follansbee

FOLLANSBEE — Area residents looking for a quick pick me up or a chance to relax can step into the Grind, a new coffee shop with a drive-up window at 1400 Main Street. The coffee shop has been opened at the south end of the Bluewave Center by Lynette Carte and Dawn Fischer and includes a ...

Culinary students gaining catering experience

BLOOMINGDALE — Culinary arts students are getting some real-life work experience by performing catering services for the Crestview Inn Restaurant. The eatery, based at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, re-opened last month and offers dine-in and take-out services, and now instructor ...

Ironworkers Local 549 plans $3.5 million expansion in Wheeling

WHEELING — Matching funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission will help Ironworkers Local 549 complete a major expansion of its training facilities, and in turn, will help bolster its apprenticeship programs and the region’s skilled-trades workforce. Local leaders from Wheeling ...

Cardiopulmonary upgrades for Harrison Community Hospital

CADIZ — WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital received a grant from Robert H. Reakirt Foundation to purchase four pieces of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation equipment, including a physio trainer, treadmill, cross trainer and a recumbent bike. “This grant has allowed us to invest in ...

Utica Shale Academy preparing to start SkillsUSA welding team

SALINEVILLE — The Utica Shale Academy is looking for welding students to show off their knowledge as part of the SkillsUSA program. Superintendent Bill Watson and instructors Matt Gates and John Wright will advise the team and hopes are to enter competitions over the next year. Watson ...

Indian Creek HS students train for future using robotic arms

WINTERSVILLE — Indian Creek High School students have more tools to train them for the future with the implementation of FANUC robotic arms. Students in David Moffat and Barbara Turner’s programming and engineering design classes are learning about the equipment which was added this ...