Economists call it “creative destruction” — the end of old (and sometimes not-so-old) enterprises as newer, more innovative ones take their place. Businesses move. People take new jobs.
Creative destruction was certainly in view this year in the Huntington area. AK Steel and its old-fashioned blast furnaces may be gone in Ashland, but Nucor Steel West Virginia and its embrace of newer technology and green energy is stepping up to take its place…