West Virginia News Archives

A group of settlements reached by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will provide $665,000 to consumers nationwide.

And this time, they're armed with GPS. Members of the lovably titled Sasquatch Watch of Virginia recently camped out in West Virginia's Allegheny Mountains in hopes of catching the eternally elusive, or just plain mythical, creature.

A West Virginia program that allows hunters to help feed the hungry is asking for a little divine intervention.

North Dakota and Delaware have become the latest states where West Virginians with valid permits can carry concealed handguns.

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.

The United State Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Irene Berger's appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Two Virginia residents have been arrested in connection with the deaths of three family members in West Virginia, one of which was a Rockingham County, Va.

A team of Bigfoot enthusiasts is hoping to find the legendary creature in the bogs and barrens of a West Virginia wilderness area.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is seeking comment on its preliminary decision to issue an air pollution permit for a planned coal-to-gasoline plant in the southern coalfields.

Four low-level defendants in a federal racketeering case targeting the Pagans Motorcycle Club have cut plea deals requiring them to testify against colleagues tied to the outlaw motorcycle gang.

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has charged eight Ohio men for using doughnuts and corn to lure and kill black bears.

Authorities say a West Virginia woman has been charged with stealing a vial of swine flu vaccine.

Elected officials must protect state's economic interests Keep up the pressure. That may be the only way the Obama administration, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency, and certain members of Congress finally get the message that anti-coal policies simply won't work for West Virginia and much of the nation.

Thirteen West Virginia companies that supply the state's coal mining industry are heading to China with the hopes of landing contracts there.

The Ohio River Basin is getting its own interest group in Congress. West Virginia Republican Rep.

Authorities say a West Virginia woman has been charged with stealing a vial of swine flu vaccine.

THE advisory board of the American Lung Association of West Virginia asked the state Public Service Commission this week to block construction of a $1.9 billion transmission line to strengthen the nation's electricity grid.

West Virginia received one of the top grades in a national review of the way states appoint attorneys to represent the interests of children in abuse and neglect juvenile court proceedings.

Overweight state workers in West Virginia could start paying more for health insurance.

A woman serving in prison for her role in the 2007 kidnapping and torture of a black woman in West Virginia says the victim wasn't telling the truth when she denied this week that the attack occurred.Frankie Brewster told WCHS-TV in Charleston on Friday that she and six others committed a multitude of crimes against Megan Williams, who has since ...

The attorneys plan to present that case in a bench trial set to begin Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

The Hancock County Board of Education discussed at length Wednesday the impending state-mandated Reduction In Force and transfer deadline.

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Using more domestic energy could benefit our nation and, at the same time, develop new and expanding markets for West Virginia energy.

State Republican leaders are opposed to health care reform legislation drafted by Democrats, saying the proposals will harm seniors and those with private insurance.

A report by the state legislative auditor's office reveals that the state government motor pool is out of control.

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department has run out of the seasonal flu vaccine.

A black woman at the center of a West Virginia torture case that raised racial questions now says she lied about being a victim.

When Ilse Opstaele Perez traveled from Gent, Belgium, to Morgantown on a basketball scholarship, she never imagined she would stay beyond four years.

BrickStreet Insurance is looking to shed about 24 jobs as it continues adjusting to a market in which it's no longer the sole provider of workers' compensation insurance in West Virginia.

West Virginia Democrat Robert C. Byrd reappeared on the Senate floor Tuesday with some of his old bluster back after a season of frailty, this time to manage a $44.1 billion homeland security spending bill.

A member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club accused of bringing explosives into West Virginia has died in custody.Regional Jail Authority operations manager John L. King says 57-year-old Charles Harmon Nichols was found unresponsive in his cell at the South Central Regional Jail on Saturday.King said the man known as "Tombstone Charlie" appears to have ...

The Polymer Alliance Zone released the results of a study Wednesday into the impact the industry has on the state.

Howard "Tick" Lilly was the third man, and the second West Virginian, to break the sound barrier.

Chef Jamie Oliver has been named an Honorary West Virginian. State Sen. Bob Plymale, D-Wayne, gave the British celebrity the certificate Thursday in Huntington, said Matt Turner, spokesman for Gov.

The Manchin administration has so far spent around $250 million from West Virginia's share of the federal stimulus, according to preliminary figures released last week.

The agency issued multiple freeze warnings for West Virginia on Sunday. The warnings also cover parts of Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Ohio.

The statea s largest water provider has settled three civil suits during the past several weeks, agreeing to pay $2.5 million in damages.

The Journey Through Hallowed Ground, a historic driving route that meanders 180 miles through West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, and, has been named a National Scenic Byway.

The state of West Virginia will buy 79 more Hino trucks made at the Hino Motors Manufacturing USA plant in Williamstown.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has responded to the Hancock County Solid Waste Authority's request for grant funding.

Just as cold, damp weather couldn't quench John Brown 's incendiary fervor, it didn't discourage those determined to follow the radical abolitionist's footsteps Friday, 150 years after he launched the raid that kindled the Civil War.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If you like to celebrate Halloween by scaring yourself silly, there are a number of ghostly events around the state this month.

A drive to improve public transportation across West Virginia is the focus of a series of daylong gatherings scheduled to begin next week in Martinsburg and continue this month in Wheeling, Clarksburg, Huntington and Beckley.

It turns out West Virginia contributed some essential components when the Wright Brothers pioneered mankind's earliest airplane flights.

Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise says he won't seek elected office again. Wise now heads the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Excellent Education.

Thousands of coal miners fearing the loss of jobs if mountaintop removal mining is curtailed or outlawed shouted down a handful of environmentalists at crowded public hearings Tuesday on the much-debated practice.

Last Friday, aA West Virginia Circuit court struck down three administrative rules governing the licensing and operation of domestic violence shelters in that state.A It did so in part because the rules and their application were explicitly gender-biased, contrary to the "crystal clear" gender-neutral language and intent of the statute.

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Several years ago, members of the West Virginia Parkways, Tourism and Economic Development Authority were asked by Gov.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - From West Virginia to the West Coast, smokers are trying to fend off further restrictions on their habit, and local officials are starting to listen.

Decision Makers is now one hour in length and will air Sunday at 8 a.m. On this weekend's Decision Makers, host Bray Cary sits down with Gary White, president of International Industries, to discuss how federal regulation is affecting West Virginia's coal industry.

A Kanawha County Circuit judge has voided West Virginia's regulations for domestic violence programs, saying they discriminate by denying abused men access to publicly funded shelters and women abusers access to treatment.

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From Mike McCormick of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children : Many of our readers have experienced the problem of false allegations of abuse in the context of divorce and custody proceedings.

Go ahead. Go ahead and let the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hold up 79 surface mine permits, 23 in West Virginia, under the guise of "further review." Go ahead and let the EPA, a non-elected body, issue an order curtailing carbon emissions from hundreds of power plants.

The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health says the state is seeing regional outbreaks of H1N1 right now.

Fifty-five members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club in nine states have been indicted on federal charges that include kidnapping and racketeering.

Hillary Clinton won a commanding victory Tuesday in West Virginia's Democratic primary, prolonging the party's presidential race and underscoring front-runner Barack Obama's weakness among blue-collar voters important to capturing the White House in November.

Changes in how state governments are allowed to disperse child support payments to welfare families has put more money in the pocket of West Virginia resident Becky Salmons, allowing her to buy school supplies and medicine for her 17-year-old daughter.

Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ; 11:10 AM View Comments Post Comment Updated Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ; 12:38 PM Today's decision will effect 23 mining permits in West Virginia.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates five facilities in the state. West Virginiaa s general population has leveled in recent years, but at least one segment is showing continued growth.

South of the Mason-Dixon, an outdoors festival beckons motorized adventurers to West Virginia's all-terrain geography.

October 2, 2009 West Virginia Book Festival: Children's author to talk about roundabout career path If you think all writers have always known they wanted to write for a living - think again, says children's author Frances Dowell .

Lawmakers from both West Virginia and Virginia voiced concerns Wednesday over a new climate bill proposed by the U.S. Senate.

The fight over mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia's coalfields has expanded to a second front - the courtroom.