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Advantage Tech IT Mindshare Merger

Advantage.Tech (AT) and IT Mindshare (ITM) have merged and expanded into Morgantown, adding at least 40-50 new clients and five new employees. The area location is 150 Clay St. in Morgantown.  John Goff, sales director at AT, sees the merger between the two businesses as having an important impact on Morgantown. “The plan is to add jobs and grow Advantage there, and bring money and jobs into the economy,” he said. “It will also provide the businesses in Morgantown with another option for cybersecurity that they hadn’t had previously.”  AT has been in business ...

SkyWest to begin flying out of Morgantown in December

MORGANTOWN — Morgantown's new essential air service (EAS) carrier, SkyWest Airlines, is scheduled for takeoff from the Morgantown Municipal Airport starting Dec. 1. MGW Director Jon Vrabel confirmed some of the details of the transition to The Dominion Post on Wednesday. The carrier ...

PSC approves Hope Gas purchase of Consumers Gas

The state Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved Hope Gas, Inc.’s acquisition of Consumers Gas Utility Co. Hope, based in Morgantown, and Consumers, based in Huntington, filed a joint request with the PSC on May 10 to permit Hope to acquire Consumers. On Sept. 3, they filed a ...

From detergent to delicious food, Abdo Market/Mountain Halal has it all

Abdo Market is a one-stop-shop convenience store, with groceries, snacks and household essentials at affordable prices — it is a locally owned alternative to a dollar store. The location on High Street makes it a convenient option for the WVU and downtown community. On a recent Thursday, I was pleased to discover that it is also a UPS Access Point. Not having to trek across town during move-in week to ship a package was a real treat.   Abdo Market harbors another surprise. Nestled inside the unassuming convenience store facade is a popular restaurant that draws in the ...