CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A South Carolina construction company has agreed to pay the United States $191,070 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act. Thompson Construction Group Inc., of Sumter, South Carolina, allegedly violated the act by submitting false claims for payment from federal disaster recovery grant funds. The company did so…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A regional economic development organization, Advantage Valley, continues to address the child care deficit head-on. The organization is currently in the process of holding a total of twelve free child care start-up business workshops across the nine-county region it serves– Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and Wayne counties. The…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The Kanawha County Board of Education is moving forward with plans for a brand-new elementary school, which will serve four communities on the eastern end of the county. Plans were able to get underway once the School Building Authority awarded $20 million to Kanawha County Schools for the school’s construction in mid-December. Those…
Photo courtesy City of Nitro NITRO, W.Va. — UMWA President Cecil Roberts helped lead Sunday’s special recognition of Vietnam veterans in Nitro. Cecil Roberts The soon-to-be-retired Roberts gave the keynote address at the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day event at Nitro Living Memorial Park. “It’s very moving when you think about the time you were…