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Cara Hedrick has been named the Marketing and Sales Manager for the SMG-managed Big Sandy Superstore Arena. Ms. Hedrick is a native of Charleston, WV and a graduate of Marshall University with a degree in Journalism & Mass Communications. Most recently the Marketing Director at the Cabell-Huntington Convention & Visitors Bureau, she is an active…
By Courtney Forbes Here at the Create West Virginia office, the post-holiday lull has brought some much-needed time for reflection, planning, strategic thinking and, of course, making New Year’s resolutions. We know, we know: “Nobody ever keeps their New Year’s resolutions!” Maybe that’s true of the resolutions we make for ourselves, but, having witnessed some…
Small businesses throughout the state are invited to take part in a survey from the West Virginia Small Business Development Center. The survey on the WVSBDC website WVSBDC.org/WestVirginia can be completed in about 15 minutes. “We are reaching out to all small business in the state,” said WVSBDC Director Kristina Oliver. “WVSBDC continuously surveys the…
The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that attorneys Erin Jones Adams, R. Scott Adams, Travis H. Eckley, Travis A. Knobbe and Glen A. Murphy have been elected as partners effective January 1, 2015. Erin Jones Adams, of the firm’s Winston-Salem, North Carolina office, focuses on general civil litigation with a special…
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will host their 10th annual Christmas tree recycling event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at the Capitol Market in downtown Charleston. Over the years, thousands of live trees have been collected and placed in lakes across West…
The Marshall University Board of Governors today named Gary G. White interim president of the university, effective Jan. 1, 2015. The board selected White with a unanimous 14-0 vote during an emergency meeting this afternoon on the Huntington campus. White’s appointment is pending approval by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. The commission is expected…