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FAIRMONT — Four months after its bankruptcy case was dismissed, the High Technology Foundation is back on track with Phase III of its expansion, as well as the development of other opportunities. Although the foundation spent 2017 locked in a bankruptcy battle, the case was dismissed in February. High Technology Foundation Consortium President and CEO […]

FirstEnergy Announces Management Promotions in Utility Operations AKRON, Ohio, June 6, 2018 — FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has announced several management promotions within its utility operations group that support delivery of reliable, affordable electricity to customers.Jim Haney has been promoted to vice president, Utility Operations.  In addition to his new responsibilities overseeing the operations and […]

Anita Balakrishnan | @MsABalakrishnan Published 4:22 PM ET Fri, 25 May 2018 CNBC.com Getty Images Sergio Salgado works at the control center at the end of the digital trunk that links all the homes in the Sunriver housing development in St. George, Utah. America’s Office of Management and Budget was aiming to to save $2.7 billion in […]

FAIRMONT — With the successful launch of another weather satellite, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made another investment into North Central West Virginia, heightening the importance of the organization’s facilities in Fairmont. Earlier this month, NOAA’s GOES-S weather satellite successfully made it to orbit, its name being changed to GOES-17 upon arrival. NOAA […]

Balanced Economic Diversification The cry for industrial diversification in West Virginia has never been louder than it is today. It has never been louder because there has never been a bigger collapse of coal severance revenue. The collapse of this revenue is preventing state policy makers from doing what they have done for decades: namely, […]

by Rusty Marks STAFF WRITER :: Nov 6, 2017 CHARLESTON — “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” author Charles Dickens tells readers at the beginning of his classic novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” The observation may not be far off when comparing West Virginia’s two major technology parks, […]

  by Jim Estep :: Nov 1, 2017 The entire nation has been buzzing over the last couple of months after Amazon announced that it would be building a second headquarters operation somewhere in North America. Amazon plans to spend over $5 billion in construction and hire upwards of 50,000 employees. The direct impact will […]

by John Dahlia, EDITOR:: Apr 19, 2017 The proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” has a more modern connection to High Tech Foundation Distinguished Scientist Thomas Owens in Fairmont. The constant threat of domestic terrorism was the primary motivation behind the Solid-State Transformer technology Owens and his team have developed. “There was an incident […]

by John Dahlia, FAIRMONT post EDITOR, Mar 30, 2017 FAIRMONT — Thousands of cars zip past the I-79 High Tech Park in Fairmont on a weekly basis. And in those fast-moving vehicles a countless number of people who perhaps might wonder what in the world are those giant satellite dishes doing in the place called […]

Staff at the West Virginian High Technology Foundation in Fairmont are working on projects that can help improve the safety of military personnel, create high power electronics and execute enhanced detection.