Monday, May 20 2013 2:50 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:50:08 GMT
Helen Holt, now 99, was West Virginia's first female secretary of state. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WVU during Sunday's commencement.
Helen Holt, now 99, was West Virginia's first female secretary of state. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WVU during Sunday's commencement.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:11 AM EDT2013-05-20 10:11:12 GMT
MORGANTOWN, WV (AP) — West Virginia landowners who want to apply for grants to improve wildlife habitat have until June 14 to contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
MORGANTOWN, WV (AP) — West Virginia landowners who want to apply for grants to improve wildlife habitat have until June 14 to contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Sunday, May 19 2013 1:21 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:21:57 GMT
LAWRENCE MESSINA,Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's House of Delegates faces a momentous decision after Speaker Rick Thompson departs for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Cabinet: choosing
est Virginia's House of Delegates faces a momentous decision after Speaker Rick Thompson departs for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Cabinet: choosing a new leader will help set the stage for 2014, when Republicans aim to wipe out the Democrats' ebbing majority.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:36 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:36:47 GMT
LAWRENCE MESSINA,Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is adding a commemorative coin to the celebratory mix for its 150th birthday, the commission overseeing the sesquicentennial activities
West Virginia is adding a commemorative coin to the celebratory mix for its 150th birthday, the commission overseeing the sesquicentennial activities announced Saturday.
Judge Donald H. Cookman has been named the newest state senator, tapped by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to represent the 15th Senatorial District to fill the vacancy created when former Sen. Walt Helmick, D-Pocahontas, resigned to run for Commissioner of Agriculture.
Tomblin issued a news release about his announcement at 7 p.m. Jan. 23. The district's Democratic Executive Committee submitted three names of its nominations for the position Jan. 18. Those nominees were Cookman, Thomas J. Hawse of Hardy County and Mike Ross of Upshur County.
Cookman most recently served as the Chief Judge of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton counties, and he has served as a circuit judge since 1993, according to Tomblin's news release.
He started his legal career in 1971 in Romney, and served as the Hampshire County Prosecuting Attorney from 1973 through 1992 and also as a Special Prosecuting Attorney in Hardy, Pendleton and Mineral counties. He has served as president of the West Virginia Judicial Association and as a member and chairman of the Judicial Ethics Commission. Cookman also was recently appointed one of three judges on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals' newly formed statewide business court.
Cookman received his undergraduate degree from West Virginia University and graduated from the WVU College of Law in 1971. He lives in Romney with his wife, Paula Jean. The Cookmans have three children and three grandchildren.
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