West Virginia Forestry K-9 teams have nose for clues

The West Virginia Division of Forestry Investigative Unit has special tools that have proven effective in tracking down arsonists, missing children and lost hikers. They are the crime fighting dogs of Forestry’s K-9 teams. Assistant State Forester Don Kelley began working with search dogs shortly after joining Forestry in 1993. For the last six years,…

Marshall business students place 2nd in Peoples Bank Case Study Competition

Students in Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business competed and won 2nd place during the 7th annual Peoples Bank Undergraduate Business Case Competition last month. Dr. Marc Sollosy, associate professor of management at Marshall, served as the faculty advisor alongside a team of three undergraduate students: Alex Lathwell, senior marketing major; Boram Kim, a junior…

Riffle Farms and Lost Creek Farms to Join Farm-To-Table Dinner

“That was really good, really inspiring,” said the late, great Anthony Bourdain on his visit to Lost Creek Farm for CNN’s Parts Unknown. Local bison rancher Riffle Farms and Appalachian culinary masters Mike Costello and Amy Dawson of Lost Creek Farm (featured on Anthony Bourdain’s show) will be hosting a Farm-To-Table pop-up dinner event on…

Bowles Rice Named “West Virginia Firm of the Year” for Third Consecutive Year

Benchmark Litigation named Bowles Rice its “West Virginia Firm of the Year” for the third consecutive year during its 2019 U.S. awards ceremony at Essex House in New York City on February 28. This event was the first of two ceremonies; a West Coast version will take place on March 14 in San Francisco. Representatives…

Students Use Storytelling to Change Perceptions of Appalachia

Marlee Maynard, a sophomore organizational communication major at Cedarville University, is working to change the perception of the Appalachian region — an area of the country that she calls home. In July 2018, Maynard helped start a social media movement called “Only in Appalachia.” She serves as co-director of content creation and works with a…

Secretary of State Announces Mobile Office Visits to All 55 Counties in the Month of March

Secretary of State Mac Warner is pleased to announce mobile office visits to all 55 counties in March to assist business owners and entrepreneurs with filing their Annual Reports on time. There are approximately 117,000 businesses, including non-profits and charities, required to file an Annual Report. In 2018, nearly 97 percent of those businesses filed online.…