Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W. Va. registrations jump during tax amnesty
Oct 8 2007 // West Virginia registration of out-of-state vehicles jumped 10 percent during a recent tax amnesty period, but officials don’t know for certain whether the increase was spurred by the opportunity to avoid paying a...
W. Va. Forestry Officials Fear Fire Danger from Drought
Oct 3 2007 // If conditions remain unchanged, West Virginia faces the worst fire season in 20 years and could lose as much as 4 percent of its forests to flames. The hottest, driest summer in recent memory has left a big chunk of West...
W. Va. Jury Issues Verdict in DuPont Lawsuit
Oct 3 2007 // A Harrison County, W. Va., jury says DuPont was negligent in creating a 112-acre waste site tainted with arsenic, cadmium and lead. The jury started deliberations Monday to determine whether chemical maker DuPont was...
Trustee of Bankrupt West Virginia Steelmaker Sues Zurich
Oct 2 2007 // The trustee of the former Weirton Steel Corp. is suing Zurich Specialties London Ltd., claiming the insurance company refused to pay a legitimate claim and now owes the bankrupt steelmaker’s creditors $39...
Loss of State Workers Comp. Contract Prompts Layoffs in W. Va.
Oct 2 2007 // A company that manages old workers’ compensation claims for West Virginia is laying off 62 employees after it lost the contract to another company. Cambridge Integrated Services Group Inc. announced the layoffs...
W. Va. Commissioner Tells Drivers to Watch for Wildlife, Avoid Crashes
Sep 28 2007 // The Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia said an annual study estimates that just over 21,000 deer-vehicle claims were presented last year to insurers of West Virginia drivers. Commissioner Jane L. Cline said along with...
Brickstreet Mutual could soon face competition in W.Va.
Sep 24 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Brickstreet Mutual could soon face competition in W.Va.
Sep 24 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Worker Killed in West Virginia Coal Mine
Sep 18 2007 // A worker was killed Sunday in an underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, a state mine safety official said. Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training said one person...
Morgantown, W. Va. Gets Stormwater Loan, Could Reduce Flooding
Sep 17 2007 // A project in Monongalia County is the first to receive a stormwater infrastructure loan from the state’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund since the fund was created by the Legislature in 2001, the state Department of...
Jurors Hear Opening Arguments in W. Va. Pollution Suit
Sep 14 2007 // DuPont’s lawyers say the company is a good corporate neighbor but lawyers for 10 West Virginia property owners suing the chemical giant claim it puts profits ahead of community safety. Jurors heard these dueling...
Lawmakers Get Mixed Reviews of W. Va.’s BrickStreet
Sep 13 2007 // At least some injured workers and the lawyers who help pursue their claims remain dissatisfied with West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system since it became the private, for-profit BrickStreet Insurance...
W. Va. Group Launches Project to Provide Free Help to Miners
Sep 12 2007 // A nonprofit group is offering free assistance to miners who believe they have suffered retaliation from employers for reporting safety problems. The Appalachian Center For the Economy and Environment launched the West...
W. Va. Employer Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Noncompliance
Sep 11 2007 // Owner and operator of West Virginia Concrete Coating and Design in Harrison County pleaded guilty to a felony county of failure to subscribe to the former Workers’ Compensation Commission. Business owner Susan Boram...
Group Says W. Va. Has Hundreds of Potentially Deadly Dams
Sep 10 2007 // A group that monitors the health of the nation’s rivers is raising concern about West Virginia’s dams, but the manager of the state’s dam safety program says improvements have been made in recent years to...
W. Va. Insurance Agent Sentenced on Fraud Charges
Sep 7 2007 // A Harrison County, W. Va.court sentenced an insurance agent earlier this week for forging insurance documents for customers and keeping the money they paid for their premiums. Frank Crowder Jr., 47, of Morgantown, W. Va.,...
Companies Lining up to Offer Workers’ Comp in W.Va.
Sep 5 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Federal Mine Agency Funds Underground Tracking System
Sep 5 2007 // A Philippi, West Virginia company that developed a heart and breathing monitor for firefighters and helped NASA research global warming has been hired to create a prototype tracking system to locate miners...
W. Va.’s BrickStreet Praised by Former Nevada Head of Workers’ Comp
Sep 4 2007 // The head of Nevada’s former monopolistic state workers’ compensation fund said BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has borne a “unique burden” in helping transition West Virginia’s system to a...
U.S. Mine Industry Worried About Thefts of Emergency Air Packs
Aug 31 2007 // Underground coal miners in the United States are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs. Authorities say the devices have been disappearing from mines, particularly in the state...
