NEWS ARCHIVE

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 […]

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 […]