CONWAY — Virginia Moore has announced her resignation as executive director of the Conway Area Humane Society, a position she has held for 14 years.
Moore, 64, announced on March 14 that she and the board of directors had reached a parting of ways on the direction of the nonprofit animal care and adoption facility.
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