Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Insurer Reports $185 Million Profit for 2007
Mar 24 2008 // BrickStreet Insurance’s profit from running West Virginia’s workers’ compensation program more than doubled to $185 million last year. The Charleston-based insurer earned $70.7 million in 2006, its first...
West Virginia Train Accidents in 2007 Dip 30 Percent over 2006
Mar 21 2008 // Train derailments and collisions in West Virginia declined 30 percent in 2007 compared to 2006. Preliminary data from the Federal Railroad Administration shows West Virginia logged nine fewer incidents in 2007 than in the...
West Virginia’s Massey Coal Mine Cited for 2007 Accident
Mar 20 2008 // Massey Energy Co. is facing fines for safety violations that state inspectors say contributed to a fatal accident at a West Virginia coal mine. Miner David Neal suffered critical injuries after falling about 39 feet from a...
Contractor Killed at West Virginia Coal Preparation Plant
Mar 19 2008 // A contractor died in an accident at a West Virginia coal preparation plant. State Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training Director Ron Wooten says 47-year-old John G. Workman was pinned under a 475-pound metal...
Hospital Corp. Settles Suits Alleging Malpractice in West Virginia
Mar 14 2008 // Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America and a former subsidiary have agreed to settle 70 lawsuits alleging malpractice by a former West Virginia physician. The total amount of the settlements and attorneys’...
Feds Give West Virginia $543,898 for Mine Safety Training
Mar 12 2008 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has given West Virginia about $544,000 for mine safety training. The grant is part of more than $8 million the agency is providing nationally for training in 49 states and...
New Markets
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West Virginia ‘Castle Doctrine’ Self-Defense Bill to Governor
Mar 10 2008 // West Virginians could wield deadly force against intruders or attackers under a measure now before the governor. The House approved a Senate-passed bill that embraces the so-called “Castle Doctrine,” which...
Elevator Safety Rules Subject of Fight in W. Va. Senate Committee
Mar 6 2008 // Elevator safety and licensing rules recommended by a recent legislative audit and passed by the West Virginia House disguise a bid by the industry’s union to preserve and enhance its share of the market, the...
Outdoor Burning Hours Limited under W.Va.’s Spring Fire Season
Mar 6 2008 // West Virginia’s spring forest fire season is under way. Through May 31, outdoor burning is prohibited between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. The chances of a fire escaping in the evening and overnight hours is...
W. Va. Emergency Officials Watch Rivers, Some Residents Evacuated
Mar 6 2008 // Emergency officials are keeping an eye on the Greenbrier and Ohio rivers after heavy rains moved across West Virginia. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Greenbrier River at Alderson from Wednesday...
W. Va. Officials Arrest Ohio Man on Fraud Charges
Mar 4 2008 // West Virginia officials arrested a Crown City, Ohio, man on one felony count of filing a fraudulent claim with an insurance company, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Cline said Christopher S. Drummond,...
Fire Damages West Virginia’s Historic Greenbrier County Manor
Mar 3 2008 // Investigators with the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office were sifting through ashes, trying to determine what sparked a fire that severely damaged the oldest house in Greenbrier County. The fire broke out around 7...
W. Va. Senate Restores 1% Insurance Policy Tax to Help Towns
Feb 28 2008 // The West Virginia Senate has agreed to help cities and towns with their police and firefighter pension funds, partly by reversing a recent tax break on consumer insurance costs. The state would restore a 1 percent...
W. Va. Judge Upholds $196M Award against DuPont
Feb 27 2008 // A circuit judge in West Virginia has upheld a $196.2 million punitive damages award against DuPont in a class-action pollution case. Harrison County Circuit Court Chief Judge Thomas A. Bedell also ordered the Wilmington,...
West Virginia: Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty To Insurance Fraud
Feb 21 2008 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., man, who was indicted on a felony count of submitting a fraudulent insurance claim to an insurance company pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud, according...
W. Va. Insurance Commissioner Says Employer Owes the State Money
Feb 15 2008 // W. Va. Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline announced that a West Hamlin man who was indicted on several felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud, pleaded guilty to the charges in Kanawha County Circuit...
Boone County, W. Va., Man Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Jan 29 2008 // West Virginia officials arrested a Boone County man for insurance fraud late last month. West Virginia State Police arrested Mathew J. Harrison, 27, of Bim, W. Va., on Dec. 21, 2007, and charged him with five felony counts...
Federal Study Backs Installation of Shelters in Nation’s Mines
Jan 28 2008 // Federal researchers have concluded that airtight refuge chambers could save trapped miners and merit installation in the nation’s 731 underground coal mines. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
OSHA Investigating Fatal Accident in West Virginia
Jan 23 2008 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a man at a McDowell County, W. Va., metal processing plant. Authorities say 46-year-old Mohegan, W. Va., resident Robert Lee Pack died...
