Marketwatch group to meet in Tazewell Wednesday
Tazewell Virginia Marketwatch a local group monitoring cattle and grain markets will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Tazewell Extension Office Virginia Tech Extension Agent Mike Harris coordinates the program Peterstown Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday at Fountain Springs Golf Course in Peterstown for agenda information call (304) 645-7155
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Tazewell
Marketwatch
Virginia Tech
Mike Harris
Peterstown
DOH awards Charleston resurfacing contracts to WV Paving Inc
The Division of Highways announces contracts for resurfacing work in McDowell and Mercer counties. West Virginia Paving Inc of Dunbar receives 75,657 for 1.13 miles Ashland Crumpler Road, 139,617 for 1.95 miles Anawalt Road, and 537,273 for 5.7 miles Skygusty Black Wolf Road. In Mercer County, WV Paving receives 219,820 for 2.36 miles New Hope Princeton Road and Princeton Green Valley Road on U S Route 19.
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Charleston
Division of Highways
McDowell County
West Virginia Paving Inc
Dunbar
Ashland- Crumpler
Anawalt
Skygusty-Black Wolf
Mercer County
New Hope
Princeton
Green Valley
Region 1 meeting set in Beckley
The Region 1 Workforce Investment Board will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Raleigh County Armory Beckley. Also notes list deadlines for acreage reports in North Tazewell and Wytheville Virginia and a RC&D Council meeting in Wytheville with contact numbers.
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Beckley
Region 1 Workforce Investment Board
Raleigh County Armory
Commerce Dept Aids U S Firms With Market Intelligence
Bluefield hosts Dr. Forrest Williams of STAT-USA who outlines how the Commerce Department fuels export growth through market research, trade leads, and information services. He notes plans for a Baghdad office, a global data network, and user fee funding while highlighting Indian rail modernization as a potential export angle.
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Bluefield
USS
Commerce Department
Forrest Williams
Stat-Usa
U.S. Department of Commerce
West Virginia Commission On International Education
Center For International Understanding
Bluefield State College
Williams
Harley-Davidson
Latin America
Brazil
Latin
Baghdad
Iraq
Costa Rica
India
Greater Bluefield
Washington, D.C
Congress
Department
U.S
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Dennis Yena
Dyena
Bottonline
Area students receive 16000 career guidance video CDs
Region 1 Workforce West Virginia distributed 16000 compact discs to 28 high schools in 11 counties including McDowell Mercer and Monroe to inform students about the WFWV career centers. The informercial features Bluefield’s Travis Francisco Pikeview’s Neva Smith and Princeton’s Kristen Jones.
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Rinceton
West Virginia
WFWV
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Wyoming
Summers
Life
Jeri Bowles
Travis Francisco
Bluefield High School
Neva Smith
Pikeview High School
Kristen Jones
Princeton Senior High
Workforce Investment Board
Mercer County
Princeton
Davis St
Dennis Yena
Dyena
Bottonline.com
Change in Labor rules threatens retraining aid for small employers
Across the country thousands of laid off workers risk losing job retraining funds as the Labor Department ends bundling small groups from multiple firms to hit 50 workers. The change, aimed at simplifying grants, hits thinly populated states like Iowa hardest and could reduce access to training amid layoffs at small companies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Labor Department
Bush
Virginia mortgage rate locks can fail buyers at closing
Virginia consumers report problems with rate lock agreements as rates rise. The Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Financial Institutions warns locks may be renegotiated or expire before closing. WrittenLock agreements are urged, and borrowers should read fine print and verify terms.
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Virginia State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Financial Institutions
Bureau
Virginia
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Rc&d Council
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New River Highlands
Wythe-Bland
West Ridge Road
Wythe County Community Hospital
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