Listening to the radio yesterday I heard that WKLP and WQZK are moving to Cumberland, MD from Keyser. That leaves the great radio stations of WELD AM and FM the only radio stations in the Potomac Highlands. Some of you are probably wondering why I'm even commenting on this, simple it shows a loss of confidence in the local economy.
This is just the latest job loss in Mineral County continuing a trend that has been happening for sometime now. JAK in Keyser closed costing 60 jobs this past year, New Page cut 150, Bayliner closed one of their plants. Many of these jobs were held by Mineral County residents. The radio station is leaving because it is harder for them to sell advertising, because of the loss of business in the area.
Mineral County's stratagy for Economic Development needs to change. The Keyser industrial park has many empty buildings and the Fort Ashby park is still empty after 14 years. The county government needs to wake up and realize we are on a downward economic slide. We need a Economic Development team that will not only try to seek new businesses to locate here, but to try to retain those that are still here.
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