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Congratulations to longtime RoyOMartin Board of Directors member Charlie Weems on his selection by Louisiana Public Broadcasting as a 2016 Louisiana Legend. A graduate of LSU Law Center, Weems currently serves as president of the Gold Law Firm in Alexandria. His service to Central Louisiana and the state as a whole extends beyond the law […]

Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) launched its new Workforce Development Programmable Logic Control (PLC) course this week with four Central Louisiana businesses as part of the college’s ongoing efforts to close the skills gap in Cenla and meet the needs of business and industry. A total of 13 employees from AFCO Industries, Eclectic Products,

RoyOMartin, Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC), and Northwestern State University announced an articulation agreement at the RoyOMartin home office in Alexandria, Louisiana, on December 16, 2015. The three institutions have developed an agreement that will allow CLTCC students who earn a Certification for Manufacturing (C4M) credential to receive 7 hours of credit toward NSU’s

RoyOMartin Property Manager Rodney Hatch has been selected as the Louisiana Tech University School of Forestry’s 2015-2016 Featured Alumnus. Introduced to the forestry field as a high school student, Rodney went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana Tech, where he was active with a

Brian Harpe, vice president of supply-chain management, has been selected as RoyOMartin’s Strategic Action Leadership Team (SALT) Member of the Year for 2015. Brian joined RoyOMartin in 2006 and currently oversees all logistics and purchasing functions, along with residual marketing and distribution. According to President and CFO Roy O. Martin III, “Brian and his team

As a follow up to our July 31, 2015, news item, RoyOMartin is pleased to announce that the Reed Huckabay Memorial Scholarship is now fully endowed. This scholarship will be administered by the Louisiana Forestry Foundation, a program of the Louisiana Forestry Association. Since its inception in 1967, the Foundation has awarded over $700,000 in scholarships to

At the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians (LAFP) 68th Annual Assembly and Exhibition, Legacy Health & Wellness’s own Brian Elkins, M.D., FAAFP, was installed as president of the LAFP. Dr. Elkins has served as medical director for Legacy since 2013. He is a board-certified family physician with more than 15 years of experience training other

In honor of long-time RoyOMartin Forester Reed Huckabay, a memorial scholarship is being established in his name through the Louisiana Forestry Foundation. Reed joined RoyOMartin as a professional forester in 1998, after graduating from LSU. He worked in the organization’s Campti, Louisiana, district for more than 15 years. On April 8, 2015, at only 41