Dec 23, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs, Retail
As the recipient of the 2020 Randolph County Business of the Year Award, Stephanie Bender knows a little something about bees. She is the owner and operator of S&T’s Bees, located in downtown Elkins, West Virginia, and is mainly responsible for the company’s...
Sep 30, 2021 | Agriculture, Entrepreneurs
Matthew Byrd, a native of West Virginia, has always held a fascination with wildlife, the outdoors and his home state. A graduate of WVU with a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resource Management, Byrd now operates 15 beehives throughout Ritchie County. Byrd’s...
Dec 31, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Food and Drink, Positively West Virginia, Retail
Terri Giles, former Economic Development Director for Senator Rockefeller, is now taking a look at West Virginia’s communities from the perspective of a honey bee. Terri has watched small communities in the state lose their industry, small businesses and economic...
