All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2014 // Months after state officials approved a law to safeguard against chemical spills, West Virginia industry groups want some requirements delayed and some of their storage tanks shielded from added oversight.Though the new...
May 30 2014 // A West Virginia website will provide information and online registration for aboveground storage tank owners to comply with a new law.The site explains the law written in response to a January chemical spill. The...
May 27 2014 // A West Virginia insurance agent and a building owner were sentenced in federal court last week in connection with a Logan arson scheme.U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said that James Gregory Glick, 44, of Logan, was sentenced...
May 14 2014 // The West Virginia coal mine where a collapse this week killed two workers had “chronic compliance issues” and received numerous citations from inspectors last year, federal authorities said on Tuesday.The...
May 13 2014 // About one-third of those who responded to a survey conducted three months after a chemical spilled into the Elk River indicated a member of their household had a spill-related illness, Kanawha County’s health officer...
May 12 2014 // Restaurants and storefronts are buzzing again in West Virginia’s capital city of Charleston, but many still haven’t filled a financial hole after chemicals sullied their running water and forced them to close...
May 7 2014 // A Maryland woman whose son drowned last year along an obstacle course in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the organizers of Tough Mudder’s Mid-Atlantic event.The...
May 5 2014 // A Putnam County judge has ordered a Hurricane landfill where wastewater from a Charleston chemical spill was dumped to produce documents sought by the city of Hurricane in its investigation. Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers...
Apr 22 2014 // Lawsuits against Freedom Industries Inc., whose leaky chemical tank polluted drinking water in West Virginia, were transferred from bankruptcy court to federal district court in Charleston last week to “assure...
Apr 22 2014 // West Virginia regulators are asking stakeholders for input as they begin developing rules to implement a new chemical storage tank safety law.The Water Resources Protection Act regulates above-ground storage tanks like the...
Apr 15 2014 // A new state mine safety rule will require coal operators to install detection systems that automatically shut down continuous mining machines when people get too close.The rule gives companies until July 1, 2017, to...
Apr 13 2014 // A former West Virginia hospital nurse has been awarded more than $1 million in a lawsuit that claimed she was fired for expressing concerns of possible violations.A Kanawha County Circuit Court jury made the award after a...
Apr 10 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of Monsanto Co.’s massive settlement with thousands of West Virginia residents.In an order Monday, justices said they would not review the $93 million settlement reached...
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs.Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Apr 7 2014 // The president of Freedom Industries “bears no fault” for a West Virginia chemical spill that spurred a water-use ban for up to 10 days for 300,000 people, his lawyer said in a court filing.On Friday, Freedom...
Apr 4 2014 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation imposing new safeguards on above-ground storage tanks and water systems in response to a Jan. 9 chemical spill in Charleston.The Water Resources Protection Act...
Mar 28 2014 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a bill that lets people with concealed-carry permits bring guns to city-owned recreational facilities, including swimming pools and after-school centers. The law requires...
Mar 27 2014 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has approved a measure to help accommodate pregnant women in the workplace.The Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act allows employees to request modified duties and other accommodations...
Mar 27 2014 // Relatives of three victims have filed lawsuits against the owner of a property where a house fire killed seven children and two adults in 2012.The lawsuits allege that the property’s owner, Delores Shamblin of...
Mar 19 2014 // The president of the company that spilled chemicals into 300,000 West Virginians’ water supply wants to get paid for work during bankruptcy proceedings.In court documents Saturday, Freedom Industries President Gary...