All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
Nov 5 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies.The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Oct 30 2012 // A science panel said it has found probable links between high cholesterol in mid-Ohio Valley residents and their exposure to a chemical used by a DuPont plant in West Virginia. The C8 Science Panel released its final...
Oct 25 2012 // State Farm says West Virginia continues to be the state where a vehicle is most likely to hit a deer. The Mountain State tops State Farm’s annual list for the sixth consecutive year. The Bloomington, Ill.-based...
Oct 19 2012 // Federal inspectors must share the blame — and therefore face a lawsuit — for a 2006 West Virginia coal mine fire that killed two miners, a lawyer for their widows argued at the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.Lawyer...
Oct 16 2012 // The four candidates for two seats on West Virginia’s Supreme Court differ on how to respond to criticism of the state’s judicial system from some business groups and others, each told The Associated...
Oct 8 2012 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that the newly created business court division will be headquartered in Martinsburg. The business court will focus on complex issues that arise in commercial litigation such as...
Oct 2 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies.The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Sep 26 2012 // Kanawha County, West Virginia, officials are refusing to give taxpayer funds to five volunteer fire departments that haven’t shared their financial statements with the County Commission.The commission voted last year...
Sep 19 2012 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says the newly created business court division will be headquartered in Martinsburg.Officials said the headquarters for the new system for business-related lawsuits will be located at the...
Sep 13 2012 // The state Supreme Court will debut a business court division next month, taking often-complicated disputes out of a hectic circuit court system, Chief Justice Robin Davis said this week.The business court that will start...
Sep 12 2012 // The state Supreme Court is set to discuss a court system for business-related lawsuits.An announcement was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the Supreme Court chambers in Charleston. Earlier this year the court asked for...
Aug 31 2012 // West Virginia regulators recently launched an online, interactive homeowner’s inventory chart. Available for free from the W.V. Offices of Insurance Commissioner, it offers a convenient way for homeowners to list...
Aug 21 2012 // The widows of two West Virginia coal miners killed in a 2006 fire want the state Supreme Court to rule that private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held legally liable when workers die as a result of their...
Aug 20 2012 // West Virginia employers’ rates for workers’ compensation are heading down again after regulators approved a statewide average 9.1 percent decrease in loss cost rates.Insurance Commissioner Michael D. Riley...
Aug 16 2012 // West Virginia continues to issue new driver’s licenses that meet national standards adopted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, amid a refusal by a number of other states to carry out the federal Real ID law, Deputy...
Aug 9 2012 // Crashes happen every day.Most of the time, they are simple fender benders and those involved own up to their mistakes. Sometimes, there are witnesses who can fill in the blanks. Other times, however, drivers disagree about...
Aug 6 2012 // West Virginia health officials believe three people died as a result of derecho storm that swept through the state during a major heat wave in June. Dr. Marian Swinker, state commissioner for public health, says a review...
Aug 6 2012 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has set a Oct. 17 date to consider whether Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors can be held liable for coal miners’ deaths.A federal appeals court in Richmond last month...
Aug 3 2012 // West Virginia employers can look forward to another reduction in their workers’ compensation rates after state officials welcomed a National Council on Compensation proposed statewide average 9.1 percent decrease in...