Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Mines Make Progress on Refuge Chambers
Sep 15 2008 // Manufacturers delivered nearly 200 airtight refuge chambers to West Virginia coal mines. State regulators became the first in the nation to mandate the chambers after 12 trapped men died after a January 2006 explosion at...
Feds give West Virginia $250K to Study Disaster Plans
Sep 12 2008 // West Virginia will begin studying ways to recover economically from natural disasters, particularly in parts of the state perpetually hit hard by flooding. The federal Economic Development Administration announced Sept. 8...
Feds Complete West Virginia Explosion Report
Sep 12 2008 // Federal investigators are wrapping up a probe of a fatal propane explosion at a Raleigh County, West Virginia convenience store in January 2007. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said it will release its final report on the...
West Virginia Insurance Department Going Paperless
Sep 11 2008 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission sent a heads-up to all insurance companies licensed to do business in the state, informing them that the department will accept only electronic rate and form filings beginning in...
Panel Head: West Virginia Explosion Probe will Take Months
Sep 3 2008 // The head of a federal board investigating a deadly Bayer Crop Science plant explosion in Institute, West Virginia says the probe will take at least six months. U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman John Bresland said at an...
West Virginia Hospital to Pay $11.5M to Settle Fight with Surgeon
Aug 29 2008 // A four-year battle between Charleston Area Medical Center and a surgeon over malpractice insurance is over. CAMC’s trustees agreed Aug. 27 to pay $11.5 million to Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. Hamrick agreed to end his legal...
West Virginia Malpractice Cases Rising
Aug 26 2008 // The West Virginia Medical Association says the number of medical malpractice lawsuits against West Virginia doctors and hospitals is going back up. But recent claims are still below the totals reported earlier this decade,...
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Aug 21 2008 // $900,000 The amount a Jackson County, Mississippi jury returned in a verdict for a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages. Retired Navy Admiral James Lisanby and his wife sued USAA...
West Virginia Mine Closed Pending Safety Investigation
Aug 18 2008 // A West Virginia coal mine where two scoop accidents occurred within three months, including one fatal, has been closed during an investigation into the most recent incident. The West Virginia Office of Miners’...
West Virginia Governor, DuPont Met over Appeal of $196M Verdict
Aug 15 2008 // Gov. Joe Manchin’s office acknowledged that he conferred twice with chemical giant DuPont as it planned to appeal a $196 million punitive damage award in a West Virginia pollution case. His office also reviewed a...
3 West Virginia Miners Injured in Barbour County Accident
Aug 13 2008 // Three miners in West Virginia sustained injuries in a scoop accident at a Barbour County mine where an 18-year-old contractor’s apprentice was run over and killed by a scoop in May. Office of Miners’ Health,...
20 Teams Meet in West Virginia to Compete in Mine Rescue Contest
Aug 13 2008 // Twenty mine rescue teams from four states are gathering in Morgantown, West Virginia to test their skills. A mine rescue competition scheduled for Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 will include simulated underground mine emergencies,...
West Virginia Officials Rip Proposed Shelter Regulations
Aug 5 2008 // Officials in West Virginia, the country’s largest underground coal-producing state, lashed out against proposed federal regulations that would mandate airtight emergency refuges in more than 600 underground coal...
West Virginia-based BrickStreet Makes Early Note Payment
Aug 1 2008 // BrickStreet President and CEO Gregory A. Burton announced the Charleston, West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer made an extra, unscheduled payment of $60 million to the state of West Virginia toward...
Former West Virginia Doctor Faces more Legal Challenges
Jul 29 2008 // John King, a former West Virginia osteopathic surgeon named in dozens of malpractice lawsuits, faces two more legal challenges. King, who now lives in Alabama, is scheduled to be in court July 30 following a challenge to...
West Virginia University Fraternity House Condemned for Safety Violations
Jul 28 2008 // A privately owned fraternity house at West Virginia University has been condemned for unsafe living conditions by the Morgantown, W.Va. Fire Department. The Tau Kappa Epsilon house was shut down last week after inspectors...
West Virginia Fire Station Closed after Workers’ Comp Canceled
Jul 28 2008 // Summit Park Volunteer Fire Department in Harrison County, West Virginia has agreed to stop responding to emergency calls temporarily while the state Fire Marshal’s Office looks into complaints involving its...
Insurance Policies Among Unclaimed Property in West Virginia
Jul 25 2008 // Unlike years past, there are no diamond rings or South African gold coins in West Virginia’s cache of unclaimed property. But State Treasurer John Perdue does have cash, stock shares and unclaimed insurance policies...
Medical Group, West Virginia Gov. Anger DuPont Plaintiffs in $400M Verdict
Jul 23 2008 // The plaintiffs who won a nearly $400 million verdict against DuPont say West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and that state’s Medical Association should butt out of the appeal. DuPont lost a lawsuit over its handling of...
Federal Disaster Loan Deadline Looms in West Virginia
Jul 23 2008 // The application deadline for federal disaster loans is approaching for businesses and people hurt by severe weather in a dozen West Virginia counties last month. The U.S. Small Business Administration says applications are...
