🌱 Patch AM: How a $2 million grant could reshape Charleston-area manufacturing jobs

Good day Charleston! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a $2 million grant could reshape Charleston-area manufacturing jobs
• How a late-night arson threatened a West Side church.
• How South Charleston fared in this week's Tri-State football action

Also on today's calendar: $2 Admission for SNAP & WIC Participants and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler with periods of sun, with a high of 68 and low of 62 degrees.
• Sunday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 72, low: 53.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Advantage Valley's Expanding Markets program gets new boost (wchsnetwork.com) — Charleston-area manufacturers are getting a major boost as Advantage Valley secures a new $2 million federal POWER grant to expand its Expanding Markets program. Local firms like Industrial Bolting Technologies and multiple county development authorities will receive targeted support to find new customers, grow exports, and create hundreds of projected jobs across the Charleston–Huntington corridor.
   

• Fire rips through boarded-up West Side home, threatens nearby church property (wchstv.com) — A recent arson fire destroyed an abandoned house on Charleston's West Side and caused about $10,000 in damage to the neighboring Canaan United Methodist Church, though the building was spared more serious harm. Two people now face first-degree arson and conspiracy charges after investigators reviewed surveillance video from the alley beside the home.
   

• WOWK High School Football 2026: Week 7 (wowktv.com) — South Charleston football fans saw the Black Eagles fall 48–12 at home to unbeaten Herbert Hoover in this week's featured Tri-State matchup. The roundup also highlights other West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio high school games, giving local readers a quick snapshot of how nearby teams fared across the region.
   

📸 Around Charleston

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Charleston

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4
• Willi Carlisle →
  600 Capitol St, Charleston
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4
• $2 Admission for SNAP & WIC Participants →
  Charleston WV
Monday October 5
• Sizzle Sprouts (Cooking for Kids) →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  5:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Modern Dance (ages 6-10) →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  4:30 pm
• Ballet (ages 3-5) →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  5:00 pm
• Ballet (ages 6-10) →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  5:30 pm
• Chapmanville Regional at Sissonville →
  Charleston WV
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• CHOP it Like it's Hot (1pm) →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  1:00 pm
• Job Placement Open Enrollment →
  Goodwill Prosperity Center, 210 Virginia St W, Charleston
  1:00 pm
• CHOP it Like it's Hot (5pm) →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  5:00 pm
• CHOP it Like it's Hot →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  5:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Stealthy Healthy Cooking Class →
  CommUNITY Wellness Center, 515 Central Ave, Charleston
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This young man went above and beyond to make my yard beautiful.
  He pulled dead shrubs and replanted them for me. I'm telling you I have the best yard in my neighborhood (Nextdoor Fort Hill)
• Life with Viktor (age 5) Oct 1
  Today, Viktor planted tnt in the house. He built a fallout shelter with his foam tiles. He made a cube and then took off the top and put it beside… (Nextdoor Washington Heights)

• State of West Virginia posted a job opening for Accounts Payable Specialist - West Virginia State Treasurer's Office in Charleston. Apply here.
• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in Charleston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Charleston here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Charleston

• BridgeValley CTC leadership lays out facilities concerns in South Charleston and Montgomery (wvmetronews.com)
• Airplane Strikes Pedestrian Walking Along Active Runway (generalaviationnews.com)
• Mediterranean grocery store, Damas Mart, celebrates opening in South Charleston (wowktv.com)

Dunbar

• Dunbar High School celebrates Dr. Carl Burnside's 41-year career in education (gulfcoastnewsnow.com)

Elkview

• KBRA Affirms All Ratings for COMM 2013-CCRE12 (kbra.com)

Ok Charleston! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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