Walt Helmick, a former high school welding instructor and small business owner who went on to a career in public office that included 22 years in the West Virginia Senate and a term as state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. West Virginia’s former Agriculture Commissioner, Walter “Walt” Helmick, passed away Saturday, according to the West Virginia ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -Walt Helmick, a former West Virginia Department of Agriculture commissioner and state senator, has passed away at 81. In a release from WVDP, they share Helmick died on ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.— A fixture around the State Capitol for decades will be remembered Friday at the Capitol Complex. Walt Helmick Funeral services are slated for Friday and Saturday for the late Walt ...

Walt Helmick, a Democrat and Webster Springs native, was a delegate and senator from Pocahontas County for 25 years before he was elected commissioner of agriculture and served one term. (Photo ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Flags are set to be lowered to half-staff Tuesday beginning at noon at the Capitol and state facilities throughout the state to commemorate the life and service of former senator ...

PARKERSBURG – West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick says two farming initiatives are the first steps in rekindling West Virginia’s agricultural economic engine. West Virginia experienced ...

CHARLESTON — Senators agreed Thursday to extend a break to farmers by exempting vehicles used exclusively for agriculture from personal property taxes. Senate Finance Chairman Walt Helmick, ...

HUTTONSVILLE, W.Va. -- West Virginia's agriculture commissioner used the opening of a potato processing and packaging plant to make the argument that the state should be doing more to feed its ...