Active Duty Marine Corps Officers are First African-Americans to Earn Master of Arts Degrees in Leadership Studies at Marshall University

Three active duty U.S. Marine Corps officers made history this spring when they graduated from Marshall University. Capt. John Tucker, Capt. Joseph Common and Chief Warrant Officer Lamar Dupree became the first African-American Marine Corps officers to graduate from Marshall University (MU) with their Master of Arts degrees in leadership studies. Marshall is partnering with…

Dr. Marie Foster Gnage Selected as Elks State Citizen of the Year

The West Virginia Elks Association has selected Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, president of West Virginia University (WVU) at Parkersburg, as the State Citizen of the Year. A banquet celebrating Gnage’s leadership was held Saturday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. in Parkersburg. While the gathering was to honor her selection as the Parkersburg Citizen of the…

Silling Associates Earns AIA West Virginia Honor Award for Morgan County Courthouse

The Morgan County Courthouse in Berkeley Springs, WV has received an Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture from the West Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The project was completed by Silling Associates, Inc. of Charleston. Berkeley Springs is the county seat for Morgan County, a small community in the eastern panhandle of…

Spilman Attorney Named West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow

The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC has announced that Neva Lusk, member in its Charleston office, was named a West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow. She joins fewer than 300 other fellows previously selected from more than 5,000 eligible lawyers and judges in the state. The foundation bases its selection of Fellows on attorneys’…

Ferguson Reports Revenue Growth of 8 Percent

Ferguson’s parent company, Wolseley plc, the world’s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors, announced its financial results for the first-half of the 2013 fiscal year. Ferguson’s like-for-like (or same store) sales growth was 8.3 percent, including price inflation of approximately 1 percent. Trading profit was 29 percent ahead of last year.…

EmbroidMe Opens Store in Wheeling

EmbroidMe has opened a new store in Wheeling, WV. The store and showroom are located at 951 National Road. EmbroidMe is the world’s largest diversified promotional products franchise. They provide custom embroidery, screen printing, and promotional products around the globe. “We are excited to open EmbroidMe in the Ohio Valley. We offer an assortment of…