Latest West Virginia Headlines
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West Virginia Coal Miner Killed in Beltline Accident
Dec 27 2019 // A West Virginia coal miner died while working at a Murray Energy mine, Gov. Jim Justice’s office said Tuesday. Raymond Leonard Starkey Jr., 21, of New Martinsville, was fatally injured Monday while helping to repair...
Train Worker Killed in West Virginia Derailment
Dec 18 2019 // An employee for a freight transportation line was killed in a train derailment in West Virginia, a sheriff’s office said. The CSX train went off the rails near a Chemours chemical plant in Washington, West Virginia,...
West Virginia Labor Report Finds 500 Violations of State Jobs Act
Dec 18 2019 // A legislative report says West Virginia’s Division of Labor cited more than 500 violations of a jobs act intended to give local laborers the majority of roles on state-funded public works projects. The Charleston...
West Virginia Diocese Seeks $792K from Disgraced Bishop
Dec 3 2019 // West Virginia’s Roman Catholic diocese said last week that it wants a former bishop to pay it more than three-quarters of a million dollars after a series of alleged sexual and financial scandals. Diocese of...
West Virginia County Opts Out of Federal Opioid Negotiation Class
Nov 19 2019 // A West Virginia county has opted out of a federal opioid lawsuit negotiation class, allowing the county to pursue the case in state court. The Exponent Telegraph reports the Harrison County Commission opted out of the...
West Virginia Judge Asks State Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Church Abuse Case
Nov 18 2019 // A West Virginia judge is looking to the state Supreme Court for guidance after dismissing a case that alleges a Catholic diocese and its former bishop knowingly employed pedophiles. Wood County Circuit Court Judge J.D....
Several States Have Doubts About $48 Billion Opioid Settlement Offer
Oct 24 2019 // Several U.S. states that have been ravaged by the opioid epidemic are pushing back on a proposed $48 billion settlement framework that would resolve thousands of lawsuits against five drug companies accused of fueling the...
3 West Virginia Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
Oct 9 2019 // Authorities in West Virginia have charged three volunteer firefighters with first-degree arson and conspiracy. News outlets report Rhodell volunteer firefighters 39-year-old Matthew Allen Meadows, 19-year-old Alexia...
Coal Mine Electrician Dies in Accident at West Virginia Mine
Sep 19 2019 // West Virginia officials say a 40-year-old coal mine electrician has died in an accident. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says Steven Vernon Keeney of Sylvester died of injuries from an...
West Virginia AG Says Johnson & Johnson, Teva Hid Opioid Risks in New Lawsuit
Aug 27 2019 // West Virginia’s top prosecutor filed suits Friday against the major opioid makers Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA for misrepresenting the risks of their painkilling drugs. The separate suits filed...
Disaster Declaration Granted to West Virginia for June Floods
Aug 14 2019 // President Donald Trump has granted a disaster declaration request for flooding in portions of West Virginia in late June. Gov. Jim Justice says in a news release five counties can receive federal assistance for public...
West Virginia Lawmakers Ask Attorney General for Control of $37M Opioid Settlment
Aug 2 2019 // A group of West Virginia lawmakers want control of a recent $37 million opioid settlement with the drug distributor McKesson. Members of the House of Delegates on Monday asked the attorney general to let the legislature to...
West Virginia Jury Finds Bar, Landowner Responsible in Drunken Driving Death
Jul 26 2019 // A jury says a now defunct West Virginia bar and the company that owned the land under the bar are mostly responsibly in a drunken driving death. The Journal of Martinsburg reported Tuesday that Dirty Dawg Saloon LLC was...
U.S. Criminally Charges Ohio Opioid Distributor with Profiting from Epidemic
Jul 22 2019 // An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives on Thursday were charged with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were being misused. Federal...
West Virginia Fraternity Sued Over Brain Damage to Student
Jul 3 2019 // A lawsuit says a former West Virginia University student has permanent brain damage because his fraternity brothers didn’t help him after he fell down the stairs at a party, instead ridiculing his unconscious body...
West Virginia Medical Marijuana Program Could Take Years to Roll Out
Jun 28 2019 // West Virginia patients and caregivers waiting for the state’s medical cannabis program to officially start in July shouldn’t expect their program cards or physicians certificates anytime soon. The Dominion Post...
National Weather Service Confirms Rare West Virginia Tornado
Jun 27 2019 // The National Weather Service says storm-related damage indicates that a rare tornado touched down in West Virginia. The weather service tweeted that a tornado hit the Alum Creek area Monday night along U.S. Route 119...
Reuters Report: How Judges’ Secrecy Has Added to Toll of Opioids and Other Products
Jun 25 2019 // WELCH, West Virginia —The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy drug makers, feckless doctors and lax regulators. But there’s another group that has...
West Virginia Governor to Pay $1M Fine Ordered Against Family Company
Jun 12 2019 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to pay a $1.23 million court-ordered sanction against one of his family’s companies. Justice’s lawyers and federal prosecutors said in a joint court filing Thursday...
West Virginia Coal Industry Data Shows Mines Releasing Excessive Pollution
Jun 5 2019 // Several West Virginia coal mines, including some owned by the governor’s family, have released many times the allowable amounts of pollutants into nearby waterways in recent years without being penalized by...
