NEWS ARCHIVE

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.

From The Exponent Telegram Fairmont team developing ‘game-changing’ explosive detection device by John Dahlia PRESTON COUNTY post & JOURNAL/FAIRMONT post, Feb 27, 2017 Staff photo by John Dahlia High Technology Foundation senior member research staff, Robert Martin, points to the second phase of the Deep Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Explosive Detector FAIRMONT — Off in the back […]

Six Mountain State economic and community development projects have been approved to share $30 million in Pilot Project funding being disbursed by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation (AML).

For Immediate Release: August 9, 2016 Contact: John Stapleton (202) 225-4172 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. McKinley announced today that he will host a forum with industry and government experts to focus on cybersecurity issues on Thursday, August 18th, 2016. Topics will include: how to thwart cyber threats, how to protect our energy infrastructure from attacks, […]

April 15th, 2016 Be sure to view the March/April 2016 issue of NCWV Life Magazine to read about NCWV “Fresh Starts.” NCWV Life