The offices of the West Virginia Economic Development Authority in Charleston. (File Photo)
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Economic Development Authority voted Tuesday to award the first loan insurance requests for four state internet providers who received winning bids in last Fall’s rural broadband auction, while a lawmaker continues to ask about one company’s ability to deliver.
The EDA approved loan insurance requests for Bridgeport-based Citynet for a loan up to $16 million from MVB Bank; Preston County-based Digital Connections/PRODIGI for a loan up to $2.6 million from Clear Mountain Bank; Bluefield, Va.-based GigaBeam for a loan up to $8.4 million from Citizens Bank of West Virginia; and a transfer of a loan up to $3 million for Buckhannon-based Micrologic from Citizens Bank of Weston to Citizens Bank of West Virginia.
Pennsylvania billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others, 1 seat still open
By MARCIA DUNN
Allentown billionaire will lead world’s first all-civilian mission to space with one seat still up for grabs
Jared Isaacman, founder of Shift4 Payments, will lead the world s first civilian mission to space, and he s using his final open seat to raise money for a good cause!
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A U.S. billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three everyday people with him to circle the globe this year.
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Talked about everything from wiring a monkey s brain for video gaming to colonizing Mars
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Reed Stevenson
Publishing date: Feb 01, 2021  â¢Â February 1, 2021  â¢Â 6 minute read  â¢Â Elon Musk talked about everything from wiring a monkey s brain for video gaming to colonizing Mars on Clubhouse Sunday night. Photo by Britta Pedersen and Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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Elon Muskâs debut on a new social-conversation app was a wild ride, with talk ranging from wiring a monkeyâs brain for video gaming to the entrepreneurâs grilling of Robinhoodâs chief executive, all while many users were unable to join because of the surge in demand to hear the worldâs richest man speak.