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By Phil Perry
For The Herald-Dispatch

On Monday afternoon, we lost our friend and vice president of advertising, Jerry Briggs, after a short illness.

This is never a call you expect, especially regarding a man as strong and prideful as Jerry was. In his early 60s, he had the energy of most people half his age. Jerry loved to ...


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By Kathy Watts
For West Virginia Hospital Association

Charleston – M. James Kaufman, Ph.D., President and CEO of the West Virginia Hospital  Association (WVHA), has announced he will be stepping down from his role.

Since joining WVHA in 2020, Dr. Kaufman has served as an advocate for West Virginia’s hospitals  and he...


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By Greg Kozera
For Thoughts to Ponder

One of my concerns on our U.S. Commercial Services Roadshow to Turkey earlier this year was language. I do not know any Turkish. In Istanbul and Ankara, the presentations were in English or they had a headset with a translator. In Koceali, our second stop, everything except our afternoon presentati...


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By Kendra Gilchrist
For Charleston Gazette-Mail

Munkith Al Najjar, president and CEO of the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia, died on Friday, the Clay Center announced in a news release.

Najjar, who used Al as his first name,


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By Riley McCoy
For The Register-Herald

Beckley — A grand opening celebration on Friday gave downtown Beckley some more soul.

Soul’d Up, a soul food restaurant on Neville Street, opened this weekend with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce.

For owner a...


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