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Jackson Kelly PLLC attorney Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., was elected Vice President of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA) at its 74th Annual meeting in Ponte Vedra, Florida on April 25, 2015. Hurney was the Secretary and a past member of the Executive Council of the ADTA and a member since 1992. Matthew Bailey…
For the first time since the ON TRAC program was created, two new members have been accepted for Main Street West Virginia designation. The City of Elkins in Randolph County and the Town of Wheeling in Ohio County are the first ON TRAC communities to make the transition to Main Street status. The communities were…
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office and West Virginia University hosts Boots to Business: Reboot, an entrepreneurship training course for Veterans and their spouses starting Wednesday, May 20, at 8:30 a.m. through Thursday May 21, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. at West Virginia University’s Parkersburg campus. Boots to Business: Reboot is a two-day…
The results of three separate West Virginia based Give Local America 24 hour campaigns have raised nearly $750,000 from West Virginians based in the Mountain State and across the country in the course of 24 hours. This year the Give Local America Day in West Virginia involved: The Amazing Raise with Community Foundation for the…
A check for $17,700 from Huntington’s 2015 Empty Bowls event was presented to Facing Hunger Foodbank Executive Director Cynthia Kirkhart Wednesday, May 6, on Marshall University’s Huntington campus on the Memorial Student Center plaza. Marshall University ceramics Assistant Professor Frederick Bartolovic and students, as well as representatives from B’nai Sholom Congregation and Christian Associates, presented…
Allegheny Design Services’ president David R. Simpson, P.E., was recently accepted into the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE) as a Board Certified Diplomate in forensic engineering. NAFE is an organization established to identify professional engineers having qualifications and expertise as practicing forensic engineers. To qualify, the member must demonstrate the appropriate education, experience and…