West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Wed February 24, 2021
West Virginia's Point Pleasant River Museum Breaks Ground on New Building
Museum staff broke ground Feb. 22 for a new building to house the Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center in West Virginia, near the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Following a fire that gutted the Old Nease Building, the previous home of the museum, the staff has been working to raise funds for a new building....
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Wed February 03, 2021
West Virginia's King Coal Highway Project Progressing Toward Fall Finish
Motorists who travel Airport Road near Bluefield, W.V., on a regular basis have been able to get a first-hand look at the ongoing construction of the King Coal Highway. They have probably also noted there has been a significant uptick in work in that area in recent weeks....
Roads & Bridges - Thu January 07, 2021
West Virginia DOT Plans to Build Bluefield Area Transit Station
The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) announced Jan. 5 that the state's Bluefield Area Transit (BAT) will build a bus transfer station in the city of Bluefield utilizing grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration....
WOAY-TV - Tue December 22, 2020
West Virginia Governor Approves Funds for Two New Road Projects
Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia announced Dec. 21 that he has approved the bid award for two new Roads to Prosperity projects: the West Virginia Route 2 Proctor to Kent Project in the Northern Panhandle, and the Sanderson Bridge Project in Kanawha County....
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Fri December 18, 2020
Unique Machinery Highlights W.Va.'s I-64 Bridge Construction
A large yellow piece of machinery has been the focal point of bridge construction near the Barboursville exit on Interstate 64 in West Virginia, but many locals and motorists have puzzled over what it is....
Colin Kund – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu December 17, 2020
Wolfe's Excavating Preps Massive Charles Pointe Project
Wolfe's Excavating LLC started like a lot of businesses — small. Alex Wolfe started the company in 2007 with just a single-axle dump truck, a trailer and a mini-excavator. Since then, the business has grown exponentially and Wolfe's has completed some large scale, high-profile projects....
CEG - Thu December 10, 2020
Iron Auction Holds Absolute Auction of Pete Gould & Sons
Iron Auction Group held an absolute court ordered liquidation of Pete Gould & Sons on Dec. 1, 2020, in Princeton, West Virginia. It was a cold day for early December, with a dusting of snow at the auction site....
Weirton Daily Times - Tue December 01, 2020
West Virginia's Capitol Dome Repair to be Done by Late Spring
By late spring 2021, work should be finished on a $15 million project to repair the water-damaged West Virginia Capitol dome in Charleston and install a new drainage system to mitigate future leaks, among other structural repairs....
CEG - Thu November 05, 2020
Iron Auction Hosts Unreserved Auction in Princeton, West Virginia
Iron Auction Group hosted a very successful Unreserved Equipment and Truck Auction in Princeton, W.V., on Oct. 27. Hundreds of bidders from 11 countries and 44 states within the United States participated....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue October 13, 2020
West Virginia Wins $500M Hyperloop Certification Facility
Approximately 18 months ago, West Virginia set a goal of establishing itself as a cradle for developing new technology. That effort bore its largest fruit so far Oct. 8, when Virgin Hyperloop One chose an 800-acre site in the Mountain State for the $500 million Hyperloop Certification Facility, a 6-mi....
