By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

CHARLESTON, W.Va, — After seven years away, Dr. Catherine Slemp is returning to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources as the interim state health officer and director of the Bureau of Public Health.
Slemp’s appointment is also a key cog in the machine at DHHR working to combat that state’s drug abuse crisis.
DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch announced Slemp’s appointment in a press release Wednesday. Her appointment is effective as of today.
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