Bill Raney is retiring. Raney has been the president of the West Virginia Coal Association since 1992 and he’s retiring effective Jan. 1. Chris Hamilton, the Charleston-based trade association’s longtime senior vice president, will replace Raney as president. Raney joined the West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association in 1977, serving as its vice president until 1992, when he was named president of the Coal Association. The two groups merged in 2000.