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 ...
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 gathered with regional officials from the Tri-State Area Wednesday at the Ironworkers Local 549 training center on Main Street for the announcement of the coming expansion. “The ironworkers are proud to announce an expansion project at this location,” said Kenny Smigle, business agent for Local ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Juniors and seniors in the criminal justice program at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School participated in a distance-learning session with St. Louis University. Students took part in an autopsy lesson which included an interactive human cadaver demonstration through video conferencing. ...
