On
the
Road
Yeager
Airport
Yesterday
I
joined
Yeager
Airport
officials
to
receive
the
$13.5M
in
funding
to
rebuild
the
runway
that
was
damaged
in
2015.
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U.S.
Methanol
Groundbreaking
I'm
excited
US
Methanol
plans
to
open
its
first
American
facility,
Liberty
One,
in
mid-2018,
which
will
be
capable
of
producing
200,000
metric
tons
of
methanol
a
year
on
the
11-acre
site.
When
the
facility
is
completed,
they
expect
to
hire
50
permanent
employees.
My
State
Director,
Mara
Boggs,
attended
the
groundbreaking
last
week.
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(Photo
credit:
Alex
Thomas/WVMetroNews.com)
Pietro
Fiorentini
Factory
Construction
Last
Friday
I
joined
Weirton
Mayor
Harold
Miller
and
Brooke
County
Commissioner
Jim
Andreozzi
at
the
Pietro
Fiorentini
manufacturing
factory
construction
site.
The
site
is
under
development
and
scheduled
to
open
in
2018.
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New
Web
Site
I've
launched
a
new
website
to
make
it
easier
for
West
Virginians
to
share
their
thoughts
with
me,
contact
me
for
help
with
a
federal
agency
and
learn
more
about
what
I'm
working
on
for
West
Virginians.
Take
a
look
and
tell
me
what
you
think!
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