Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
A.M. Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for West Virginia National Auto Insurance Co.
Aug 17 2017 // A.M. Besthas revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bb” of West Virginia National Auto Insurance Co.,...
Businesses Owned by West Virginia Gov Settle Flood Clean Up Suit for $550K
Aug 16 2017 // Three businesses owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his family have agreed to settle for $551,420 a lawsuit that claimed they had not paid for $771,268 of cleanup work after the Greenbrier resort was hit by severe...
West Virginia Woman Awarded $1.5M Over Deputy Crash Into Home
Aug 15 2017 // A West Virginia woman who filed a lawsuit after being injured when a deputy crashed into a townhome has settled for $1.5 million. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the settlement was finalized Thursday. Samme Gee sued...
West Virginia Car Dealer Settles Suit With Former Employee for $2.1M
Aug 11 2017 // An attorney says a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving a West Virginia car dealership and a former employee. John Howard Motors Attorney Johnnie Brown told The Dominion Post that the car group and its owner...
Fatalities Rising as Coal Mine Production Increases
Aug 8 2017 // Ray Hatfield Jr. was six months into his latest coal job when he was crushed to death in a Kentucky mine. Hatfield, a 23-year industry veteran, was cleaning a conveyor belt that shuttled coal to the surface of the...
West Virginia Floods Prompt State of Emergency
Jul 31 2017 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency Saturday for parts of northern West Virginia with flooding from heavy rains. Counties included in the Saturday morning declaration are Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel,...
Portion of Hospital Parking Garage in West Virginia Collapses; Injures 3 Workers
Jul 28 2017 // A hospital spokesman says three construction workers have been injured when a small section of a hospital parking garage collapsed in West Virginia. Charleston Area Medical Center spokesman Dale Witte says crews were...
1 Person Killed by Weekend Flooding in West Virginia, Kentucky
Jul 27 2017 // Heavy rains that pounded parts of West Virginia and Kentucky last weekend left one person dead and two people missing, authorities said Monday. In West Virginia, Ohio County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo...
How Mapping Disasters Can Help Devastated Communities Rally
Jul 17 2017 // On Meredith Beers’ laptop, the intensity of the twister that touched down here in February is marked in green, yellow and red. The colors illustrate light, medium and heavy damage from the 150-mile winds that tore...
$1.23M Fine Against West Virginia Gov. Justice’s Coal Company Upheld
Jul 14 2017 // A federal appeals court has upheld $1.23 million in civil contempt fines ordered against one of Gov. Jim Justice’s family coal companies. The court says it lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal of the $30,000 daily...
Federal Judge Halts West Virginia $151M Water Crisis Settlement
Jul 12 2017 // A federal judge has declined to grant preliminary approval to a $151 million settlement stemming from a 2014 chemical spill that sparked a water crisis in West Virginia. Local news outlets report Judge John T. Copenhaver...
Kentucky Reduces Number of Coal Mine Safety Inspections to Cut Costs
Jul 11 2017 // Kathy Bartlett watched helplessly this spring as Kentucky lawmakers cut back on mine safety inspections and replaced them with coaching sessions on miners’ safety habits. She knows more than most what’s at...
West Virginia City Sues Liberty Mutual for $20M Over Claim Denial
Jun 28 2017 // A West Virginia city has filed a federal lawsuit seeking a $20 million insurance claim to cover damages at its hydroelectric plant. The Intelligencer reports that the lawsuit was filed this month in U.S. District Court in...
Cardinal Health Seeks Dismissal of Drug Suits in 6 West Virginia Counties
Jun 16 2017 // A pharmaceuticals distributor has asked a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits filed by six West Virginia counties over the opioid crisis, arguing that they were filed too late and the matter was already addressed in a state...
West Virginia Supreme Court: No Workers’ Comp Benefits For Inmates
Jun 13 2017 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that inmates participating in work-release programs do not qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the court unanimously affirmed a...
West Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Staging Accident For Insurance
Jun 5 2017 // Federal authorities say that a 56-year-old Fairmont woman has pleaded guilty to fraud, admitting she participated in a staged vehicle accident, faked injuries and filed a false insurance claim. Prosecutors say Robin...
2 Killed in Explosion at West Virginia Industrial Plant
May 30 2017 // An explosion at a West Virginia industrial plant has killed two people and injured a third. Officials say the explosion was reported last week at Midland Resource Recovery, a company based in Ontario, Canada, that odorizes...
West Virginia Gov Orders State to Step-Up Cybersecurity Efforts
May 26 2017 // Gov. Jim Justice has directed the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management to take steps to protect personally identifiable information collected and kept by state agencies, including health information...
Feds Grant Additional $3.2M to West Virginia for Flood Recovery
May 19 2017 // West Virginia will receive an additional $3.2 million from the federal government for disaster recovery efforts for last year’s major floods. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the community...
Ex-Coal CEO Blankenship Urges Trump to Probe 2010 Mine Blast in West Virginia
May 18 2017 // A former coal executive who last week finished a yearlong prison sentence for conspiring to violate safety standards at a mine where a deadly blast occurred, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “get to the...
