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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announced West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joe Miller will retire Jan. 15, 2013. Following Miller’s retirement, Deputy Commissioner Steven Dale will assume the role of Acting Commissioner. “I wish Joe the best in his upcoming, and much deserved, retirement from public service,” Gov. Tomblin said. “During his years…
In 2012, at least 93 record-breaking extreme weather records were set in West Virginia. Nationwide, 3,527 monthly weather records for heat, rain and snow were broken by extreme weather events that hit communities throughout the US, according to an updated interactive extreme weather mapping tool and year-end review released today by the Natural Resources Defense…
West Liberty University Senior Hugo Andreini III developed a new Bluetooth product that is now launching and will be especially attractive to women. An exercise physiology major from Wheeling, Andreini has always been interested in business innovation and is enrolled in several entrepreneurship classes through the Center for Entrepreneurship, a division of the Gary E.…
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance (WVDVA) today announced Col. Harrison Gilliam as the newest member of the West Virginia Veterans Council. “I’m pleased Colonel Gilliam accepted this opportunity to serve on the West Virginia Veterans Council,” Gov. Tomblin said. “His extensive knowledge and experience will be an added…
Nobody will ever accuse Mike Cochran of being resistant to change. The 51-year-old native of Webster Springs is in his second stint in the military, this time serving in the West Virginia Army National Guard out of Camp Dawson in Kingwood. Also, he and his wife have owned and operated Kinder Haus, a child care…
The president of a regional drug store chain with 26 outlets in West Virginia and Ohio will be the first speaker of 2013 in the College of Business and Economics Distinguished Speaker Series at West Virginia University. Lynne Fruth, president of Fruth Pharmacy and a 1980 WVU graduate, will kick off the speaker series at…