Our county clerks lead the front-line efforts to provide secure and fair elections. Beyond the substantial duties and tasks undertaken by clerks during an election cycle, they are responsible throughout the year for voter registration, local campaign finance law compliance and maintaining an accurate and updated list of registered voters in their counties.
MORGANTOWN – Excelsior Bottom's most-famous son, retired Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Gray, says he's honored to have received the American Bar Association's 2018 Spirit of Excellence Award and observed the military has a way to go toward gender and racial inclusivity.
CHARLESTON – Charleston attorney Kent Carper has six grandchildren who are “in a very comfortable position now to be well-educated,” but he knows many others in the area struggle to pay for a college education. As a result, he has endowed a scholarship fund at Ohio Northern University, where he went to law school.
INSTITUTE – Katherine L. “Kitty” Dooley, a Charleston attorney and newly appointed member of the West Virginia State University Board of Governors, is glad she came back to her home state despite plans upon embarking on service an officer in the U.S. Army “to leave West Virginia in the rear view mirror of (her) life.”
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia State University Board of Governors’ lawsuit against Dow Chemical alleging groundwater contamination has been removed to federal court.
INSTITUTE – L. Vincent Williams’ “amazing journey,” which has taken him from a “poor black kid who grew up in a single-parent home in Alderson” to an education that saw him earn a juris doctorate degree and a master of business degree in the span of one week, has now led to his election as the chairman of the West Virginia State University board of governors.
CHARLESTON – A St. Albans man is suing Perma-Pipe Inc. after he claims its defective steam pipe system at West Virginia State University caused him injuries.
CHARLESTON – A former student is suing West Virginia State University and a professor for sexual harassment she claims she endured. Rachel Halstead was a student at WVSU in the Criminal Justice Master’s Degree program and in approximately March or April 2014, she was in the office of her professor, Samuel Swindell, to discuss coursework, according to a complaint filed March 2 in Kanawha Circuit Court.
CHARLESTON – A former West Virginia State University official is suing the college, claiming he was terminated for raising questions about the legality of an almost $200,000 contract with a private firm.
CHARLESTON – The attorney for Sarah Halstead, who was fired from West Virginia State University Research & Development Corporation for sharing Facebook photos of the vandalism of Top-O-Rock, said her termination goes against the U.S.
CHARLESTON - A former employee is suing West Virginia State University after she claims it wrongfully terminated her employment. West Virginia State University Research & Development Corporation; Dr. Orlando F.
CHARLESTON – A former West Virginia State University employee is asking the court to enforce a settlement between her and the school over a sexual harassment claim. Crystal Good filed her complaint in Kanawha Circuit Court, saying the May 6 settlement agreement entered between her and WVSU’s Research & Development Corporation hasn’t been paid. Her complaint states that the parties agreed to the $300,000 settlement in a formal mediation presided over by Stephen Dalesio. Good did marketing work
CHARLESTON – A Putnam County man is suing West Virginia State University Research & Development Corporation after he claims he was wrongfully terminated from his employment William Woodrum also was named as a defendant in the suit. Scott C.
