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Today is Friday, May 17, 2024.

Global leader Momentive says #YesWV,  producing advanced materials and creating jobs in Almost Heaven … the aviation industry continues to expand as NorthStar Technologies celebrates the completion of its 40,000 square foot warehouse in north central WV … and WV native Jayne Anne Phillips wins a Pulitzer Prize for her latest novel, set in the Mountain State … on today’s daily304.

#1 – From WV COMMERCE – Located in Tyler County, Momentive is a premier global advanced materials company with a cutting-edge focus on silicone and specialty products. Learn how the West Virginia Department of Economic Development has helped Momentive with facilitating connections and why this innovative company says #YesWV.

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-SOI_izEhI

#2 – From GROUND.NEWS  – Aviation company NorthStar Technologies is celebrating the growth of the aerospace industry in north central West Virginia. NorthStar’s recently completed 40,000-square-foot warehouse was built with help from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, who approved a loan insurance of $500,000. 

The company has a couple of facilities in Bridgeport that work to warehouse parts for other aerospace companies and to do repairs.

NorthStar works with other larger and smaller aerospace businesses in a “symbiotic” relationship that employs more than 1,000 employees, according to co-owner Jeff Powell.

Read more:

https://ground.news/article/northstar-technologies-celebrates-growth-of-aerospace-industry-in-west-virginia

#3 – From MY BUCKHANNON – Buckhannon native and West Virginia University graduate Jayne Anne Phillips has won one of the most prestigious awards in American literature.

Phillips was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her latest novel, “Night Watch,” set in West Virginia’s Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in the aftermath of the Civil War 

Although Phillips now lives in New York and Boston, her roots in the Mountain State have had a significant influence on her writing. Many of her early works, including her short story collection, “Black Tickets,” and her debut novel, “Machine Dreams,” are set in West Virginia and draw upon her experiences growing up in the state. 

Read more:

https://www.mybuckhannon.com/buckhannon-native-jayne-anne-phillips-wins-pulitzer-prize/

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