Latest West Virginia Headlines
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Homes on West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Damaged by Fire
Jan 4 2017 // Authorities are searching for the cause of a fire that tore through a row of houses on Wheeling Island, W. Va. Wheeling Fire Department spokesman Philip Stahl tells media outlets no one was injured in the fire that was...
West Virginia Settles Opioid Lawsuits Against 2 More Drug Distributors
Dec 29 2016 // Two major prescription drug distributors have agreed to settle a West Virginia lawsuit alleging they fueled West Virginia’s opioid epidemic with excessively large shipments of painkillers into the state over several...
Report: West Virginia Flooded with Painkillers by Drug Wholesalers
Dec 27 2016 // Drug wholesalers shipped 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia in just six years, a period when 1,728 people fatally overdosed on these two painkillers, according to an investigation by the...
West Virginia AG Sues Pharmacy for Role in Fueling State’s Opioid Crisis
Dec 19 2016 // West Virginia’s attorney general has sued a pharmacy in Boone County, alleging it provided too many highly addictive painkillers over more than a decade. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says Larry’s Drive-In...
Restoration Company Suing West Virginia’s New Gov Over Unpaid Flood Cleanup Bills
Dec 19 2016 // West Virginia Gov.-elect Jim Justice’s businesses are being sued by a flood restoration company for unpaid bills, after cleanup crews restored parts of the Greenbrier following flooding that hit parts of the state in...
The Charity Issue: Snapshots of Giving
Dec 19 2016 // NetVU (Network of Vertafore Users) During their annual convention in March, more than 50 members of NetVU (the Network of Vertafore Users) devoted a day to serving at the San Antonio Food Bank. Volunteers sorted 12,000...
2016 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed: Demotech
Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...
Students Building Tiny Houses for West Virginia Flood Survivors
Nov 28 2016 // Vocational students from across West Virginia are building tiny houses to help some people struggling to recover from flooding this year. Students from 12 vocational schools are designing and building the houses, which...
West Virginia Settles Claims Against 3 Drug Companies for $800K
Nov 21 2016 // The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office says it has reached settlements with three more prescription drug wholesalers for $800,000 resolving allegations they failed to detect, report and stop suspiciously large...
West Virginia Regulator Sues Alpha Natural on Fraud Allegations
Nov 18 2016 // West Virginia’s environmental regulator sued Alpha Natural Resources Inc’s former management on allegations of fraud on Wednesday, saying top executives should be held accountable for an unusual $100 million...
Many Hands Await $151M West Virginia Chemical Spill Payout
Nov 7 2016 // After a $151 million settlement was reached in a West Virginia chemical spill that tainted a local water system, the real wait begins for residents and businesses hoping to cash in on the claims process. And for whoever is...
Records Show Company Shipped Millions of Pills to West Virginia
Nov 7 2016 // Federal records show a drug company shipped 241 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia over a five-year period. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Cardinal Health’s shipment figures were disclosed...
West Virginia Supreme Court: Driving Under the Influence on Private Property Illegal
Nov 4 2016 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that driving under the influence on private property is a crime. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the Supreme Court’s 4-1 ruling last week reversed a Monroe County...
$151M Settlement Reached Over 2014 Chemical Spill in West Virginia
Nov 2 2016 // A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill that contaminated drinking water in southern West Virginia. U.S. District Judge John...
BrickStreet Mutual, Motorists Mutual Pursue Joint Venture
Oct 28 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies. If approved by state regulators and closed as anticipated in July...
Records Show Company Shipped Millions of Pills to West Virginia
Oct 13 2016 // Federal records show a drug company shipped 241 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia over a five-year period. The Charleston Gazette-Mail (reports Cardinal Health’s shipment figures were disclosed...
West Virginia Lawmakers Approve $85M in Flood Relief
Oct 3 2016 // West Virginia lawmakers addressed recovery costs from deadly floods in June in a brief session last month. The Senate adjourned Sept. 20 after a two-day session that also included the confirmation of gubernatorial...
Federal Investigators Conclude West Virginia Chemical Spill Was Preventable
Sep 30 2016 // A 2014 chemical spill into the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians could have been avoided if a company inspected its storage tanks and saw two tiny holes forming at the bottom, federal investigators said...
State of Emergency from June Floods Extended in 5 West Virginia Counties
Sep 23 2016 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is extending a state of emergency for five West Virginia counties devastated by floods in June. Tomblin announced the extension until Oct. 21 for Clay, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Nicholas and Webster...
West Virginia Lawmakers Approve $85M in Flood Relief
Sep 21 2016 // West Virginia lawmakers have finished a brief session addressing recovery costs from deadly floods in June. The Senate adjourned Tuesday after confirming gubernatorial appointments. The House of Delegates adjourned...
