It’s 4:30 in the morning, and Raymond Mikesell’s alarm has gone off. Within an hour, as the first rays of pink and orange morning light reflect off the skyscrapers in the city, Mikesell is at his restaurant, Cafe Raymond, in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, the city’s Main Street for ...
By Dana HantelNewsroom@DominionPost.com In 1952, William and Agnes Coombs opened a greenhouse and flower shop on Canyon Road. William had just graduated from West Virginia University, and he applied all he’d learned about plants to their new business venture. Coombs Flowers ...
If you’re looking for silver linings in this pandemic-damaged economy, here’s a good one: the American entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. In fact, COVID-19 seems to have uncovered it. According to census data, there were 500,219 new business applications in May 2021 — an ...
BUCKSTOWN, Pa. — The Duppstadt’s Country Store, sitting high on a plateau along the Lincoln Highway between Stoystown and Reels Corner, has served Somerset County residents and weary travelers since 1903. When you open the heavy wooden door and hear it creak with age, you get the sense ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN – A group of West Virginia small businesses launched a coalition Tuesday to call on Sen. Joe Manchin to support a piece of federal legislation that is facing a roadblock in the senate. The West Virginia Small Business for Democracy Coalition is comprised of more than 100 ...
In the last week or so, Gov. Jim Justice has repeatedly talked about implementing a $500 back-to-work bonus, which is supposed to be matched by the employer for a total of $1,000, and suspending the $300-per-week federal unemployment benefit. We’re of two minds on this particular ...