{"id":785,"date":"2026-02-21T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/?p=785"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:30:47","slug":"recap-skills-usa-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/2026\/02\/21\/recap-skills-usa-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Skills USA Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"785\" class=\"elementor elementor-785\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7210204 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7210204\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a8628c\" data-id=\"0a8628c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4116b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4116b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 02\/21\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Smithfield High School<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 25<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The Skills USA Competition was held at Smithfield High School and the project was developed by Leibherr Mining Company. 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