At The Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer this week, David Thomas, President & CEO of Clear Mountain Bank joins the general. He is this year’s chair for the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties. They discuss the importance of building a great team, the role of community banks in contributing to economic development, and how the United Way positively impacts our communities at the local level.

In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment provided by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture we will learn about Appalachian Botanical Company in Boone County West Virginia. Just in time for Christmas.  

We are all looking for that perfect Christmas tree and we also want to be sure it stays green until we take it down after new year’s. To find out about Christmas Trees, Tom Susman stopped by the Capitol Market in Charleston to learn more and he talked with Eric Metcalf of French Creek Tree Farm.  

In our final report Tom Susman talks with Paul Johansen about the deer harvest in West Virginia.  There has been a lot of concern with the EHD Disease in the Mid-Ohio Valley Region and believe it or not too many acorns impact the deer harvest. Paul is Chief of the Wildlife Resources Section for the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.