by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT NEWS EDITOR FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — The West Virginia High Technology Foundation received a $50,000 rural businesses development grant from the USDA on Tuesday — money the foundation will use to find its footing as it continues to recruit federal anchors to the I-79 High Technology Park. Jim Estep, […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT NEWS EDITOR Sep 20, 2020 FAIRMONT — After months of work, the West Virginia High Technology Foundation is nearing completion of the first part of Phase III at the I-79 Technology Park, and officials are in talks with several federal agencies for recruitment to North Central West Virginia. The foundation […]
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Mon Health held a ribbon cutting for one of its new Marion County facilities Thursday morning, although completion on the outpatient clinic isn’t scheduled until later this year. The clinic, which will include on-site point-of-care test services, with space for future expansion of services such as X-rays, will be installed […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT NEWS EDITOR Aug 23, 2020 FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — With broadband expansion continuing to be a key topic of discussion in West Virginia, some technology leaders are pushing to utilize satellite broadband, which they believe will be a more efficient and less expensive option for the Mountain State. With […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT NEWS EDITOR Jun 26, 2020 FAIRMONT — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new Fairmont-based computer — called Hera — has recently been named one of the top 500 supercomputers in the world. Hera, currently ranked 88 on a list compiled by Top500.org, is one of five supercomputers that NOAA […]
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by James Estep May 30, 2020 While the shutdown has been necessary to fight against an escalating outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, it has been completely surreal. On several occasions, I’ve looked around in disbelief that this was really happening. I’ve also been wondering what comes after we get past this or even what it […]
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by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT NEWS EDITOR May 30, 2020 FAIRMONT — The High Technology Consortium Foundation has continued to work through the COVID-19 pandemic to further develop the I-79 High Tech Park, and the third phase of an expansion project is set to be finished soon. The expansion, known as Phase III of the […]
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