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Sep 24 2025 // Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.”“My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make...
Oct 24 2025 // The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest campus to strike a deal with the Trump administration as the college tries to...
Sep 15 2025 // In 2023, dirty mine water gushed out of the ground behind James Christian’s home, flooding his yard in Wyoming County, West Virginia.Sinkholes formed, a strong sulfur-like odor lingered in the air and oily sheens...
Sep 17 2025 // Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the center of last year’s deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen.Rep. Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut, sent a letter Monday...
Nov 7 2025 // A jury in Newport News, Virginia has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student.Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, had asked for $40 million against a former...
Nov 13 2025 // The body of a coal miner was found inside a mine in southern West Virginia, four days after the stretch of mine was flooded when crews hit an unexpected pocket of water, officials said.It’s the third death this year...
Feb 24 2025 // NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Roads in Virginia and North Carolina remained treacherous Thursday as unusually heavy snow led to hundreds of accidents, including crashes on an interstate that involved more than 50 vehicles....
Sep 12 2025 // Last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the state had finalized its $1.2 billion plan to bring high-speed broadband to homes and businesses in the state.“We are excited about the opportunity to bring...
Nov 4 2025 // Afore Insurance Services, LLC announced its acquisition of Salzberg Insurance Agency in Norfolk, Virginia, a firm with an 87-year history of serving the Hampton Roads business community. Terms were not disclosed. Under the...
Sep 29 2025 // No injuries were reported after a commercial regional jet overshot the designated touch down zone at a Virginia airport amid heavy rain last Wednesday night, but was stopped in a safety area at the end of the runway,...
Mar 10 2025 // The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Amazon Flex drivers are employees and not independent contractors while criticizing the company for changing its arguments after it lost in prior decisions.Amazon...
Aug 11 2025 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia shot and killed a knife-wielding man in a hospital emergency room after he attacked an employee early Friday, authorities said.The shooting occurred around 1:45 a.m. at...
May 16 2025 // A lack of oxygen that incapacitated the pilot and three passengers is likely what caused a private jet to become unresponsive before flying over the nation’s capital and prompting the military to scramble fighter...
Jun 16 2025 // Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing Sunday as authorities assessed damage to roads, bridges,...
Aug 15 2025 // Nearly a decade after the deadly 2016 floods, West Virginia officials are moving forward with a study to look at flood mitigation measures across the Kanawha River Basin.Last month, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the...
Jan 17 2025 // A Virginia student assistant who suffered injuries in both knees after being kicked 25 times over a period of 11 days is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
Apr 1 2025 // Virginia now has a law on the books that will require that cars of reckless drivers be equipped with technology that prohibits them from exceeding speed limits.The new law (HB2096), which will not be effective until July...
Jan 16 2025 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day as West Virginia’s chief executive Tuesday, including one enabling families to receive...
May 16 2025 // Officials found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also forced a dozen students to stay overnight at a Maryland high school due to heavy rains...
Dec 17 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former maintenance director of a southern West Virginia county school system was charged in a scheme to steal about $3.4 million from a local board of education.Michael David Barker appeared in...