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by Charles Young SENIOR STAFF WRITER   FAIRMONT — NASA’s facility in Fairmont now bears the name of a pioneering African American and West Virginia native who was an instrumental part of the U.S. space program. The building housing NASA’s Independent Verification & Validation program was officially renamed the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation […]

by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR Apr 20, 2019 FAIRMONT — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is continuing its work in Fairmont in preparing to launch its next series of GOES weather satellites and beefing up its cybersecurity program. NOAA’s Fairmont location, which sits in the I-79 High Technology Park, is known mostly […]

by John Mark Shaver FAIRMONT post EDITOR Apr 20, 2019 FAIRMONT — Despite starting 2018 in bankruptcy, the High Technology Foundation has grown immensely over the past year, starting Phase III of work at the I-79 Technology Park and preparing for more federal anchors. The technology park, which houses NOAA, NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification […]

Take Me Home Country Roads convention highlights reasons to invest in W.Va. by Conor Griffith BUSINESS EDITOR Apr 17, 2019 MORGANTOWN — North Central West Virginia’s economic potential, as well as its challenges, were discussed Wednesday during the second Take Me Home Country Roads Conference.   The event was organized by the Morgantown Area Chamber […]

by John Mark Shaver EDITOR, January 15, 2019 WHITE HALL — Between construction on the Middletown Commons, a new Tax Increment Financing District and Phase III of development at the I-79 Technology Park, 2019 is set to be a big year for White Hall and the surrounding area in Marion County. While White Hall officials […]

by John Mark Shaver STAFF WRITER FAIRMONT — Hoping to attract more students and professionals to the cybersecurity field, TechConnect West Virginia unveiled its WV Cybersecurity Workforce Strategic Initiative Tuesday morning. The initiative, completed with cooperation from the West Virginia Office of Technology, West Virginia High Technology Consortium, West Virginia National Guard and West Virginia […]

By Heather May, Annie Gowen and Joel Achenbach January 6 at 6:40 PM OGDEN, Utah — The snowy streets of Ogden are quiet these days. Parking lots are half-empty. Restaurant sales have dropped. Without federal workers to serve, Bickering Sisters cafe has cut the hours of its lunch service. More than 4,000 federal employees who work for the […]

by John Mark Shaver STAFF WRITER  Dec 26, 2018 FAIRMONT — After beating bankruptcy earlier this year, the High Technology Foundation has begun work on several projects, as well as fostered an ever-increasing occupancy rate throughout 2018. The foundation originally filed for bankruptcy in August 2016 after Huntington National Bank filed a $20 million federal […]

by John Dahlia NCWV MEDIA Business Editor FAIRMONT — Science and technology juggernaut Leidos was awarded a potential five-year, $100 million task order to manage cyber and enterprise security operations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fairmont facility and three others around the nation, company officials announced late Wednesday. “Cyber is one of our […]

November 16, 2018 Posted In: Fall 2018 Featured Articles By Samantha Cart West Virginia’s High Technology Foundation is focused on creating economic diversification by building up the state’s knowledge sector with the addition of companies like Leidos, a high-tech giant with operations in Fairmont, Clarksburg and Morgantown that is generating new work, new jobs and […]