Centerpiece Featured Editor's Pick Building a workforce Pipeline to Success McDowell apprenticeship pipeline: MTCC partners to build workforce talent MTCC partners with area companies From Staff Reports Nov 23, 2021 Nov 23, 2021 Updated Dec 28, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From Staff Reports McDowell Technical Community College is dedicated to supporting regional workforce development, leaders said last week.kAm%96 ?6H=J\3C2?565 |4s@H6== pAAC6?E:46D9:A !:A6=:?6[ :? 4@@A6C2E:@? H:E9 pAAC6?E:46D9:A}r[ :D 565:42E65 E@ 6?DFC:?8 E96 C68:@? 92D 2? :??@G2E:G6[ C6=6G2?E[ 67764E:G6 2?5 677:4:6?E H@C<7@C46 56G6=@A>6?E DJDE6>] %96 8@2= :D E@ 56G6=@A 252AE23=6[ H@C<\C625J[ D<:==65 E2=6?E E@ >66E E96 4FCC6?E 2?5 7FEFC6 ?665D @7 H@C<6CD 2?5 3FD:?6DD6D E@ 249:6G6 2?5 DFDE2:? 64@?@>:4 AC@DA6C:EJ[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6]k^AmkAm“%96C6 2C6 >2?J 5:776C6?E EJA6D @7 2AAC6?E:46D9:AD[ 2?5 E96J G2CJ :? =6?8E9[ =6G6= @7 65F42E:@? 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Compassion Care Services in Marion celebrates opening; provides services for adults with disabilities “Watching this place unfold and the passion that has come behind it has truly been remarkable,” Effler said.
Owner of Old Fort's Stuckey’s, Dairy Queen hopes to reopen as soon as possible after fire “I just happened to look back, and the flames were already up to the ceiling, and I dropped the drinks I had in my hand,” one employee said of…
Marion man arrested, charged in Friday shooting in McDowell County that injured one He was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
