Greene County’s Forgivable Advance for Small Business Assistance (FASBA) program was recently granted an additional $300,000. According to a press release, the original $900,000 was distributed to 24 businesses in Greene County. Crystal Simmons, Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnership Program Director, said that the additional funding is available on a first-come, first-serve … Continue reading
The very first thing that greets you when you walk into the building that Hilltop Packs and Hilltop Packs Coffee Company share is a wooden cutout of bigfoot holding a stand that dispenses hand sanitizer. The walls are filled with pictures of owner Ben McMillen on numerous hiking trips, various wooden coffee-related decorations, and a … Continue reading
The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) has granted accreditation to several of Waynesburg University’s graduate counseling programs. Among the programs are the Masters of Arts in Counseling with a focus in Addiction Counseling, Master of Arts in Counseling with a focus in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and the Ph.D. in … Continue reading
The Greene County Airport was home to a flashlight drag event Sept. 12. The event primarily featured drag races, which were no-prep and one-eighth of a mile. According to motortrend.com, “a no-prep race is run on a track that hasn’t been prepped on the day of or during the event.” Darren Krause ran … Continue reading
Video courtesy of WCTV, Micah Leith When Caleb Ely walked into JT Rogers and Co Drug store in Waynesburg during the late 1800’s, he probably didn’t expect to help start a local tradition. And yet, that’s exactly what happened. According to rainydayfestival.com, Ely’s observation that the weather was always rainy on July 29, his birthday, … Continue reading
On August 31, the Center for Coalfield Justice hosted a virtual panel discussion with Mike Belding, Greene County Commissioner, and Sean o’Leary, a senior researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute. The discussion was hosted by Veronica Coptis, the executive director at the Center for Coalfield Justice, and was centered around two videos about the … Continue reading
For the past four years, the students majoring in chemistry and forensic science have had to overcome many problems, such as the stress and work that already comes with pursuing a college degree that was only exacerbated by a worldwide pandemic. Now, as the seniors prepare to join the more than 17,000 Waynesburg alumni that … Continue reading
