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Local families now have a new resource in the community following the official ribbon cutting on the Grant County Family Support Center. 

Community members, business owners, elected officials and local leaders gathered together last week to celebrate the official opening of the Grant County Family Support Center, located in the heart of Petersburg. 

The Center is part of Eastern Action (previously Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency) and already has similar centers in Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton counties. 

Allegheny Wood Products (AWP), a domestic and international wood products company started and headquartered in Grant County, is facing back-to-back lawsuits from both a former employee and a large bank who claims the company owes them over $40 million in unpaid loans. AWP announced at the end of February they would be ceasing operations and closing all of their facilities, including the plant in Petersburg. The number of workers estimated to have been impacted has varied, with an approximate 850 people potentially affected. However, that number does include contractors who are not direct employees of the company. 

The first lawsuit filed against the company is a class action suit filed by James Beane, a former employee of AWP and on behalf of all others “similarly situated.” This suit is filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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