MILLWOOD, W.Va. — Hiring at Timet in Jackson County is expected to ramp up very soon. The plant is to conduct its first pour by the end of the year. Officials say they have about 300 people ready to go to work for the time being. But some are already on board and trained up. They are excited about the opportunities the new facility brings to the area.
Nathan Curfman of Wirt County is the Manager of the Vacuum Arc Remelt unit. The VAR units are where titanium is produced in the new plant.

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Dr. Paula Potter says she is proud of the collaboration that has helped reduce chronic absenteeism across the district.
Paula Potter
The Kanawha County board of education received an update on the district’s chronic absenteeism rate during its meeting last Thursday.
Director of Attendance and Social Services Kim Legg told board members that the chronic absenteeism rate declined by nearly three percent between the 2023–2024 and

BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. — Sanitary sewer issues in Blacksville are testing the town council and state and local leaders are stepping in to lend a hand.
Joe Statler
Del. Joe Statler, R-Monongalia, said he and the Monongalia County Commission are doing what they can to help town leaders find the money needed to diagnose and fix the problems.
“We need to find some funding to help them out because a small community like that can’t always absorb that cost,” Statler said on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.”

INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Students at West Virginia State University can now receive a bachelor’s degree in the field of cybersecurity.
The university was officially approved to offer cybersecurity as a major last week. Previously, students at WVSU could only minor in cybersecurity.
WVSU Cybersecurity Center Director Dr. Ali Al-Sinayyid says students will be taught about how to protect the nation’s most vital resources and structures.
Dr. Ali Al-Sinayyid
“We focus on protection of the critical

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Entrepreneur, author, and Civilian Aid to the Secretary of the Army, Frank Vitale has now been selected to serve as the president of the West Virginia National Guard Foundation.
Frank Vitale
Vitale is the president and CEO of Forge Business Solutions in Morgantown and a graduate of the Valley Forge Military Academy and has served in the U.S. Army and West Virginia National Guard for 17 years, reaching the rank of captain.
The primary mission of the WVNGF is to be a link to

WHEELING, W.Va. — The U.S. Small Business Administration is clarifying assistance available for flood victims in disaster areas of Marion and Ohio counties and those who share a border that may have been impacted by Father’s Day flash flooding.
SBA Public Relations Specialist Jason Ross said in Marion County they are sharing space with Federal Emergency Management employees in the Public Safety Building in Fairmont and in Room 304 of the Falcon Center on the campus of Fairmont State University.