All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 2 2008 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin may ask the Legislature next year to end West Virginia’s practice of electing its judiciary along partisan political lines, at least for the state’s circuit court judges.Manchin...
Nov 18 2008 // A West Virginian woman has been sentenced to up to 10 years for submitting false insurance claims for jewelry. According to state officials, Sherry Kay Peyton, of Williamstown, who plead guilty in May 2008 was sentenced on...
Nov 16 2008 // West Virgina voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities.Voters rejected a similar proposal in 2000, but this year’s measure was...
Nov 12 2008 // Lawyers in a suit stemming from a fatal fire at a Massey Energy coal mine 2006 clashed this week over whether the deaths of two men could have been averted.Bruce Stanley, representing the widows of both men, told a Logan...
Nov 12 2008 // BrickStreet Insurance said it is looking to shed 50 employees in a move to cut costs following the loss of its monopoly in writing workers’ compensation insurance policies to West Virginia businesses.The action is...
Nov 7 2008 // Workplace fatalities are declining in West Virginia, according to preliminary federal figures released Nov. 5.The numbers show a nearly 23 percent decline in workplace deaths between 2006 and 2007, the U.S. Department of...
Nov 6 2008 // West Virgnia voters have approved a measure that will allow the Greenbrier Resort to add casino gambling to its list of four-star amenities.With 100 percent of the vote counted, the measure was approved by a vote of 51...
Nov 5 2008 // A spooked four-point buck and his companion apparently jumped from an Interstate 470 bridge ramp in West Virginia and plunged through the roof of the Wheeling Distribution Center.Owner Dan Shay says workers were stunned...
Nov 5 2008 // Two coal miners were burned on their faces and arms Nov. 3 when gas ignited, creating a brief flash of fire at a mine in northern West Virginia.The Whitetail Kittanning Mine was shut down and two investigators were sent to...
Nov 2 2008 // Rocky Quarter“It was a rocky third quarter for insurers, but risk managers still saw prices improve on average. It is increasingly clear, though, that premiums cannot continue to fall at this pace, especially with...
Nov 2 2008 // BrickStreet Mutual, ArgonautBrickStreet Mutual Insurance, headquartered in West Virginia, will expand its services in 2009 by offering to provide its West Virginia policyholders with workers’ compensation coverage in...
Oct 30 2008 // West Virginia is getting $3.1 million in federal funds to support its long-term disaster recovery and critical infrastructure needs. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston announced the grants as part...
Oct 28 2008 // Charleston, W.Va.-based BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders elected a new board of directors, to begin oversight of the workers’ compensation carrier in January.The new board includes four current board...
Oct 28 2008 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in West Virginia, will expand its services in 2009 by offering to provide its West Virginia policyholders with workers’ compensation coverage in other...
Oct 24 2008 // Federal officials fined an Alpha Natural Resources subsidiary more than $763,000 for repeated safety violations at a West Virginia coal operation, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said.Alpha’s...
Oct 24 2008 // The increased cost and shortage of salt may mean some slicker roads in parts of West Virginia this winter.But officials in Lewisburg are hoping to keep their streets safe by using more cinders and less salt. Public Works...
Oct 20 2008 // Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.“The last three...
Oct 14 2008 // Officials asked residents of the Carbon area of Kanawha County, W.Va. to shelter in place because of a leak of anhydrous ammonia.Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kathy Cosco says the chemical is leaking...
Oct 14 2008 // Seven miners were injured when their underground transport vehicle jumped its tracks and crashed at the Round Bottom Mine in Sylvester, W.Va. Authorities said the mantrip accident happened at 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 10 near the...
Oct 13 2008 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in West Virginia, will expand its services in 2009 by offering to provide its West Virginia policyholders with workers’ compensation coverage in other...