All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 11 2020 // An explosion and fire at a West Virginia chemical plant that shook surrounding homes killed a plant worker and injured three other people.It happened after 10 p.m. Tuesday at Optima Chemicals Co., a tenant on the Chemours...
Dec 10 2020 // An explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant on Tuesday night prompted authorities to order residents within 2 miles of the plant to remain indoors.The explosion occurred at 10:02 p.m. EST at the Chemours plant in the...
Dec 9 2020 // A federal judge in West Virginia has indefinitely postponed a trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis.The lawsuit accuses drug distributors AmerisourceBergen,...
Nov 25 2020 // A coal miner died Monday in a workplace accident in southern West Virginia, the governor’s office said.Taylor Meldin Halstead, 20, of Bob White, was killed in the accident at Panther Mining LLC’s American Eagle...
Nov 20 2020 // West Virginia officials announced a $101.3 million settlement last month in an antitrust suit against 11 asphalt and paving companies the state accused of cornering the market and driving up project...
Nov 19 2020 // West Virginia’s attorney general cannot use a consumer protection law to sue a Roman Catholic diocese over sexual abuse allegations, the state’s high court said Monday.The West Virginia Supreme Court issued its...
Nov 18 2020 // A lawsuit alleging widespread abuse at a now-closed northern West Virginia boarding school has been settled for $52 million.The lawsuit was filed by 29 students of the former Miracle Meadows School in Salem in 2017. It was...
Oct 13 2020 // A former principal at a West Virginia Catholic high school filed a wrongful termination lawsuit last month against a diocese, alleging he was let go for reporting complaints of inappropriate contact involving a priest and...
Sep 28 2020 // The owners of 12 restaurants and bars sued the governor of West Virginia on Wednesday for indefinitely closing establishments in student-heavy Monongalia County due to the coronavirus.Gov. Jim Justice ordered bars closed...
Sep 11 2020 // A financially strapped West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve claims that it improperly issued payments and kickbacks to physicians under the direction of management, the...
Aug 21 2020 // West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies in a state ravaged...
Aug 17 2020 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday halted nursing home visits as both confirmed cases and deaths from the new coronavirus continue to surge.Justice said at a news conference that there are virus outbreaks...
Aug 4 2020 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has extended an order that closed all bars in Monongalia County for an additional 10 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.The latest order is effective until Aug. 13. The county includes West...
Jul 28 2020 // A southern West Virginia town has been without water service for several days after a pump broke, prompting concerns about a shortage of a precious resource during the coronavirus pandemic.Residents of the 563-customer...
Jul 24 2020 // A West Virginia city has agreed to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by the family of a homeless Black man who was shot 22 times by police, an attorney said.Christopher E. Brown, the attorney for the family of Wayne...
Jul 23 2020 // A West Virginia judge urged parties in dozens of asbestos lawsuits to reach a settlement and avoid the “dreadful experience” of a live trial next week while the coronavirus pandemic rages on.Judge Ronald Wilson...
Jul 17 2020 // Environmental groups have sued the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over what they say is the agency’s failure to adhere to federal reporting requirements for a coal mine reclamation fund.The...
Jul 15 2020 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice moved Monday to close bars in the state’s largest college town and reimpose restrictions on large gatherings as coronavirus cases rise to record levels.Justice, a Republican, ordered...
Jul 15 2020 // Three workers have been injured at a West Virginia chemical plant, officials said. The incident happened Sunday evening at the Westlake Chemical plant, which produces chlorine, news outlets reported. Details of what...
Jul 6 2020 // West Virginia has received a $550,000 payment from a German firm related to a car emissions-rigging scandal, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced last month.Morrisey announced the payment from auto parts and...