United Bankshares, Inc. and Carolina Financial Corporation to Combine to Form Leading Community Bank in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

United Bankshares, Inc. (“United”) (NASDAQ:UBSI), the parent company of United Bank (“United Bank”), and Carolina Financial Corporation (“Carolina Financial”) (NASDAQ: CARO), the parent company of CresCom Bank (“CresCom”), today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined organization will be approximately $25 billion in assets and will rank in the top…

West Virginia Launches Newest and Most-Prestigious State College Scholarship

$40,000 Underwood-Smith Teaching Scholars program created to attract math, science teachers The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) recently launched the online application for its newest and most-prestigious state scholarship, which is aimed at addressing critical teacher shortages in math, science, elementary education and special education.  The Underwood-Smith Teaching Scholars Program will provide up…