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by Charles Young STAFF WRITER   FAIRMONT — Anyone who has traveled through Fairmont on the interstate has seen the sprawling I-79 Technology Park from their car window. The giant, white satellite dishes rising up from the hills are hard to miss. The park — which is currently home to more than 30 businesses, multiple […]

Editor’s Note: The following story is part of a continuing series on successful West Virginia businesses, brought to you by NCWV Media and InnerAction Media. This article was written by the InnerAction Media staff. James Estep, president and chief executive officer of the High Technology Foundation in Fairmont, talked with Jim Matuga, host of The […]

by James Estep  Oct 18, 2018 In early 2018, Sonny Perdue, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the relocation of the headquarters for both the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Economic Research Service somewhere out of the D.C. metro area in 2019. The two bureaus employ about 700 employees. The motivation […]

by John Mark Shaver STAFF WRITER FAIRMONT — William “Pat” Getty, the retired president of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, has been elected to the West Virginia, High Technology Foundations board of directors. Jim Estep, president and CEO of the High Technology Foundation, said having Getty, a man of many accolades, on the board of […]

High Technology Foundation Announces New Board Member:  William P. “Pat” Getty   FAIRMONT, WV — October 18, 2018 — The High Technology Foundation has announced the election of the newest member of its Board of Directors, William P. “Pat” Getty. “We are honored to have Pat join our Board of Directors.  Pat has distinguished himself […]

by Jeff McCullough STAFF WRITER FAIRMONT — Home to numerous federal facilities, over 30 businesses and 1,200 employees, the I-79 Technology Park has been a provider of high-paying jobs in West Virginia for over 25 years. Located on 400 acres of land in Fairmont, the park is perhaps most notable for the numerous government agencies […]

by John Mark Shaver STAFF WRITER FAIRMONT — With federal anchors like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Fairmont, the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg and the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, North Central West Virginia is receiving an economic boost. The three anchors, along with NASA’s Independent Verification & […]

By Zach Montague Oct. 9, 2018 The American rural experience, as told by Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, is all about becoming immersed in largely unpopulated, natural places. For weary urbanites, such places offer a chance to find solitude and reflect. Too often, it seems, the scattered towns that dot these landscapes are ignored, lost […]

David Beard, The Dominion Post September 17, 2018 10:13 am MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia High Technology Foundation is bouncing back from its recent bankruptcy case and moving ahead with its mission to expand the I-79 Technology Park, said President and CEO Jim Estep. The park occupancy is at a 10-year high, and a new […]

by John Dahlia NCWV MEDIA business editor Sep 13, 2018 FAIRMONT — Because of Hurricane Florence’s devastating size and its potential to inflict catastrophic damage in the eastern United States, officials with the nation’s weather satellite agency decided to “activate” their data backup site at the Robert H. Mollohan Research Facility this week. “NOAA (the […]