All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2015 // A judge in West Virginia has approved the distribution of more than $15 million in insurance funds to the families of three workers killed in a plant explosion.The Weirton Daily Times reports that the families plan to...
Sep 7 2015 // Insurance underwriters claim they shouldn’t have to reimburse a charity for payouts to golf fans for two holes-in-one made during the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., because the...
Sep 4 2015 // A lawsuit has been filed against CSX Corp. on behalf of southern West Virginia residents living near the site of a fiery oil train derailment.Charleston attorney P. Rodney Jackson said that the lawsuit was filed for more...
Sep 3 2015 // Two companies have been cited by West Virginia regulators for alleged violations found during investigations of separate fatal mine accidents.The Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training issued two citations to...
Sep 1 2015 // Authorities say money is missing from a business where a devastating fire in West Virginia’s Harpers Ferry originated.Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says investigators...
Aug 31 2015 // The West Virginia Public Service Commission says 212 commercial vehicles were taken out of service as a result of recent inspections.Violations found by PSC transportation enforcement officers included faulty brakes,...
Aug 25 2015 // Officials in Huntington, W. Va., are scrambling to deal with an increase in sinkholes across the city.Heavy rainfall and aging infrastructure have contributed to the increase, and the city lacks resources to do more than...
Aug 17 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year. Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
Aug 13 2015 // West Virginia’s new state program requires criminal background checks for applicants seeking certain jobs at long-term care facilities.Health and Human Resources Secretary Karen L. Bowling announced the launch of the...
Aug 6 2015 // West Virginia’s Department of Transportation has purchased its second drone. The Charleston Gazette reports that the $3,500 drone will be used to help provide views of hard-to-reach or inaccessible areas. Department...
Aug 4 2015 // A state agency spokesman says a fire in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.’s, commercial area began on the rear patio of a business.Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina tells The Herald-Mail...
Aug 3 2015 // Prosecutors say in court documents that evidence about the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster is a necessary part of the government’s criminal case against former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.The Charleston...
Aug 3 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year.Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
Aug 3 2015 // A bankruptcy judge has approved a $2.5 million deal involving the cleanup of a massive 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia.The order July 8 by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Pearson says the agreement is in the best...
Jul 30 2015 // A state fire official says a fire in’s Harpers Ferry, W. Va.’s commercial area caused about $2 million in damage.Assistant state fire marshal George Harms tells The Herald-Mail that the cause of the fire...
Jul 28 2015 // The commercial area in historic Harpers Ferry, W. Va., was devastated July 23 when a fire destroyed a building that housed at least a half dozen businesses, Mayor Gregory Vaughn said.He said a long building that extended...
Jul 28 2015 // Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship want evidence about the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia kept out of his criminal trial this fall.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the...
Jul 27 2015 // CSX is continuing to closely monitor the environmental impact of a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a spokeswoman said last week.The company held a public informational meeting that drew a sparse...
Jul 24 2015 // Federal prosecutors want a judge to schedule a guilty plea hearing for the top executive charged in a massive chemical spill that contaminated West Virginia’s biggest drinking water supply last year.In federal court...
Jul 21 2015 // Damage assessments are taking place in the 10 West Virginia counties that were drenched by torrential rain and flooding last week. The assessments started on July 16 and are being conducted jointly by state emergency...