Community Banking Thrives at 5-Star Clear Mountain Bank

Clear Mountain Bank in Bruceton Mills, WV is proud to announce it has earned BauerFinancial’s 5-Star Superior rating for strength and security, proof positive that you don’t have to be the biggest to be the best. BauerFinancial Inc., Coral Gables, Florida, the nation’s bank rating firm, has been evaluating and rating banks since 1983. A […]

What Did 2014 Disasters Teach Us About Preparedness?

While the U.S. was spared from epic disasters in 2014, major floods occurred in Michigan, New York, Arizona and California.  Those storms caused significant property damage and economic losses to small businesses, and some of them faced temporary shutdowns. The factors that can cause financial losses to small businesses on the heels of a destructive […]

Big Sandy Superstore Arena Names New Marketing and Sales Manager

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 […]

West Virginia Small Businesses Invited to Take Part in Survey

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 […]

Spilman Elects New Members

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 […]