Business People

West Virginia University Health Sciences Center MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Dr. C.H. Mitch Jacques, dean of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Eastern Division, retired June 30. Jacques worked for more than 19 years as a physician and instructor. Jacques was the only WVU School of Medicine faculty member who served at all three School of Medicine campuses. From 1993-96, he was chairman of the Department of Family Medicine Charleston; from 1996-2004, he was the Department of Family Medicine chairman in Morgantown; and from 2004-12, he was the dean of the School of Medicine Eastern Division.

The Washington County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday heard firsthand accounts of the frustrations small business owners have experienced in trying to start or expand their operations. During a forum attended by about 30 people at the Hancock Community Center, David Pittman, the owner of Pittman's Market, recounted how he was told by a county Planning Commission official that he needed a site grading plan after he had been informed it was not required for a project. The official told him it was in case “the Maryland Department of the Environment might want it later,” he told three of the five commissioners who were present.