Fred Pace

Progress continues on Wayne County's Black Diamond project

The Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center (MAMC) has announced another expansion, this one doubling the size of its Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center on the Marshall University South Charleston campus. In addition, MAMC was just awarded more than $1 million by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to equip the new space with the latest manufacturing technology, according to MAMC Director Derek Scarbro. 7 Brew hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2124 5th Ave. in Huntington to celebrate the grand opening of its second stand in West Virginia. It's first location opened in Beckley in July. The Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for McCormick Insurance. Now located at 820 Poplar Street in Kenova, McCormick Insurance is locally-owned and operated and specializes in auto, home, renters, life and business insurance to all of West Virginia. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is partnering with Marshall University's Lewis College of Business to showcase BBB’s

Some Charleston real estate developers are using the Charleston Land Reuse Agency’s new construction incentive program to build more than two dozen homes this year. An open house took place Thursday for the first house completed under the program on Charleston's West Side. John Butterworth is a planner with the City of Charleston's planning department, but he also provides staff support to the Charleston Land Reuse Agency. "The land reuse agency was founded as one of the major initiatives of Mayor Goodwin's entrance into office," he said. "It's based on the whole idea that we have a lot of unutilized land in Charleston, they tend to be small lots, and there are reasons that that land is sitting unused." Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin says these types of programs must continue in the future and the Charleston City Council should fund the land reuse program in its yearly budget.

The City of Huntington, West Virginia is planning a $150 million upgrade to the plant, along with several other projects for the city's wastewater treatment systems. "Just this one $150 million investment project into the plant will be the largest municipal infrastructure investment in West Virginia's history," he said. "Morgantown had a little over a $100 million project in the past, and that was the largest." The project is not expected to go to bid until mid-2025 with construction phase to start in 2026. The project has a six-year window to complete. Huntington officials said a wastewater treatment plant with a larger capacity will also help attract businesses and jobs to the region.

Another local pharmacy closing: Fruth closing Milton location

Once the tallest office building in West Virginia, the historic Union Building in Charleston is going up for public auction Thursday. According to a listing by Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction & Realty Service, the 13-story Neoclassical Revival style building is about 50,000 square feet and is the last remaining riverside building in the downtown area. The Union Building was constructed from 1909 to 1911 along Kanawha Boulevard in downtown Charleston. At the time of its completion, the Union Building was the tallest in the state and a symbol of the city’s early banking and business prosperity. The structure was first known as the Alderson-Stephenson Building, named after the two men who financed the project, Charles Alderson and Samuel Stephenson. The building originally house the Union Trust Company, and the building was later known as the Union Building and was converted into office space.

SOUTH POINT, Ohio — Looking for a place to have chicken tenders for lunch or dinner? Look no further than Guthrie’s Chicken in South Point, Ohio.

BUSINESS BEAT: State of the Valley highlights region's sports tourism

West Virginia's first Dave & Buster's opens Monday

A Huntington entrepreneur and recent Marshall graduate won the Ignite Huntington business pitch competition hosted by the ECDI Women’s Business Center of Central Appalachia on July 24 at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth.