WVU professor helps military families ‘navigate life outside the gate’

With 1.3 million active duty military personnel nationwide, coordinating and finding accessible healthcare and social services for their 1.7 million family members is a major challenge. Christopher Plein, the Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Service at West Virginia University, is working to address these challenges and needs through the Military Families Learning Network. “The military […]

WV Secretary of State’s Office Launches New Online “Business Startup Wizard”

Continuing the state’s effort to enhance an entrepreneur’s ability to open a new business in West Virginia, Secretary of State Mac Warner is announcing the availability of an additional online service to assist them. The new online “Business Startup Wizard” is a tool to assist those wanting to open a new business on selecting the […]

14 Marshall Health physicians named to “America’s Top Doctors”® list

Fourteen physicians from the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health have been recognized by their peers as among the best in their specialties. Doctors included in Castle Connolly’s annual Top Doctor® listings were selected after peer nomination, extensive research and careful review and screening by the organization’s  doctor-directed research team. […]

New Report Highlights Success of WV’s Military Mobile Voting Solution

A recent report released at the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) national conference in Washington, D.C., highlighted West Virginia’s success in launching the nation’s first mobile voting pilot for military and overseas voters. In last November’s General Election, 144 registered West Virginia voters from 21 counties cast a ballot from 31 different countries. […]

Historic West Virginia Law Firm Announces Name Change

The law firm DiTrapano Barrett DiPiero McGinley & Simmons has announced they are now operating under a new name, DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC. The firm has a long history in West Virginia, having provided legal services for working men and women and their families for more than 40 years. One of the founding […]

WVAJ Executive Director First New West Virginia CAE in More Than 10 Years

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) has announced that Beth A. White, executive director of the West Virginia Association for Justice, has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation.  White is the first new CAE in West Virginia in more than 10 years.  Just eight additional West Virginians hold the credential. The CAE is […]