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ENICH APPOINTED HANCOCK SUPERINTENDENT

The Director of the JDRIV Career Center, Dan Enich, was named Hancock County Superintendentt beginning July 1. 2023 at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.  Enich who brings four decades of service to the Hancock County School system to the position will…

GOV. APPOINTS INTERIM STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT

CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that at 9:30 a.m. this morning, Jan Cahill resigned his position as Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police. Gov. Justice announced the appointment of Jack Chambers as Interim Superintendent of the West…

ALPHA TAU CHAPTER MEETS

The Alpha Tau chapter (WV) of Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary Organization for Women Educators held its March meeting at the Swaney Memorial Library in New Cumberland. Amy Hannahs, President, called the meeting to order. Fran Jones gave the Thought…

AND THEN AGAIN……..by Tamara Pettit

……The Hancock County Board of Education wasted no time or resources in getting a new superintendent on Board.   The Board failed to extend Superintendent Dawn Petrovichs’ contract last week and voted to conduct an internal search.  The Board has interviewed…

OBITUARY: JUNE ROBINSON

                June Etola (Clark) Robinson, 88, of New Cumberland, WV passed away March 17, 2023 at Weirton Medical Center.                 She was born April 20, 1934 in New Cumberland, WV a daughter of the late William J. & Isabella A.…

OBITUARY: DONA MULHERN

.Gone dancing with angles and receiving her heavenly reward, Dona D. Mulhern passed peacefully at her home in East Liverpool while in the loving care of her family. Dona passed on Thursday, March 16, 2023, from complications of recent surgery.She…