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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award

VisionLink

VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The award honors WV VOAD’s dedication to service and acknowledges their commitment to volunteerism throughout West Virginia.

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Big Lots store openings update: See the full list of ‘2nd wave’ locations that will reopen for business in May

Fast Company Tech

Additional second-wave stores will be located in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. North Carolina will see the biggest number of Big Lots openings in the second wave, with 12 locations set to open in the state.

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Housing market shift: Where home prices are starting to fall

Fast Company Tech

Cumberland, Marylandd-West Virginia: +11.4% Among the 384 metro-area housing markets that the Freddie Mac House Price Index tracks dating back to 1975, these are the 10 metros that saw the biggest year-over-year home price increase in 2024: Kingston, New York: +13.5% Springfield, Ohio: +11.8% Glens Falls, New York: +11.7%

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Virgin Hyperloop selects West Virginia to test its futuristic transport system

The Verge

Virgin Hyperloop One announced its plan to build a $500 million certification center to advance its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia. The Hyperloop Certification Center is the start of the hyperloop journey for West Virginia, for the United States, and for the world,” Branson said in a statement.

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A West Virginia newspaper chain is suing Google and Facebook over digital ad revenue

The Verge

The parent company of a West Virginia newspaper chain has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet, alleging the platforms are siphoning away much-needed digital ad revenue. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The company bought the Gazette-Mail out of bankruptcy in 2018.

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Black Americans express their faith at work more than other racial groups, studies show

Fast Company Tech

Scheitle is an associate professor of sociology at West Virginia University. The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. Elaine Howard Ecklund is a professor of sociology at Rice University. Christopher P. Denise Daniels is a chair of entrepreneurship at Wheaton College (Illinois).

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Surprise: Comcast will complete rollout of data caps everywhere in 2021

TechSpot

The 1.2TB data caps will hit the following markets, ensuring all of Comcast's 39-state US territory is covered: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.