Latest West Virginia Headlines
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West Virginia City Reports Overdose Deaths Doubled in 2018
Jan 31 2019 // Drug overdose deaths doubled in one West Virginia community last year. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register reports figures released Jan. 22 by Wheeling police show officers responded to 13 overdose deaths last...
Shutdown Stalls West Virginia Recovery From 2016 Floods
Jan 23 2019 // A program that helps people rebuild homes that were damaged or destroyed in West Virginia’s 2016 flood is being affected by the partial federal government shutdown. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a statement...
Sharp Drop in Drug Overdoses Reported in West Virginia County
Jan 9 2019 // A West Virginia county saw a more than 40 percent drop in the number of non-fatal drug overdoses last year as compared to 2017. The Huntington Herald-Dispatch reports just over 1,000 non-fatal overdoses were reported in...
Report: DEA, Distributors Not Doing Enough to Fix West Virginia Opioid Crisis
Dec 27 2018 // A congressional report on prescription pill dumping in West Virginia blames U.S. prescription drug distributors and the Drug Enforcement Administration for not doing enough to help mitigate the nation’s opioid...
Apartment Fire in West Virginia Kills 1, Leaves Dozens Homeless
Dec 21 2018 // One person has died and dozens of others were left homeless due to an apartment fire in West Virginia. Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl told news outlets the blaze was reported Tuesday afternoon at North...
Suit Over Student Death at West Virginia University Frat House Settles for $250K
Dec 6 2018 // The West Virginia University Board of Governors has settled a lawsuit over a student’s 2014 death at a fraternity house for $250,000. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the state Board of Risk and Insurance...
Jury Awards $7.6M to Family of West Virginia Pedestrian Killed in Hit-And-Run
Dec 3 2018 // A West Virginia man has been ordered to pay $7.6 million in damages to the family of a pedestrian who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. The Dominion Post reports the Monongalia County Circuit Court jury issued the...
Company Building West Virginia Pipeline Fined $122K for Environmental Violations
Nov 30 2018 // A company building a natural gas pipeline in West Virginia has agreed to pay $122,350 for environmental violations. The Charleston Gazette-Mail cited a consent order made public Monday in reporting that Columbia Gas...
Fire Damages Macy’s Distribution Center in West Virginia
Nov 28 2018 // A fire official says operations have been suspended at a Macy’s distribution center in West Virginia after a fire broke out. No one was hurt. Hedgesville Volunteer Fire Capt. Brian Mulligan tells The Herald-Mail of...
West Virginia Gov Makes 3 Appointments to Miners’ Health Safety Office
Nov 16 2018 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has made three appointments to the state’s Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Justice said in a news release that he appointed...
5 Lawsuits Against Ex-West Virginia State Trooper Settled for $780K
Nov 2 2018 // Documents show five lawsuits against a former West Virginia state trooper have been settled for $780,000, with half of that sum involving a woman who accused him of sexual assault. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the...
Injury Rates Jump at Coal Giant Murray’s West Virginia Mines
Oct 26 2018 // Injury rates have more than doubled at five West Virginia coal mines acquired by Murray Energy Corp. in 2013, according to a Reuters review of federal data, as the firm sharply increased the amount of coal produced per...
West Virginia Won’t Change Funding for State Workers’ Comp Plan in 2019
Oct 22 2018 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says there will be no change in state funding for the state employees’ public insurance plan next year in a letter to the agency’s director. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease Nov. 1
Oct 3 2018 // Workers’ compensation rates will soon be less expensive for businesses in West Virginia. According to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Allan McVey, a filing for a 13 percent decrease in voluntary market loss...
West Virginia University Bans 5 Fraternities for At Least 10 Years
Oct 2 2018 // West Virginia University says it has banned five fraternities from campus for at least 10 years. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi and Theta Chi can no...
West Virginia Spared Worst of Florence Rains, Floods
Sep 20 2018 // Worried West Virginians got a reprieve when forecasts of potential devastating floods didn’t come to fruition from the remnants of Hurricane Florence. The storm brought 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters) of rain in...
Kentucky, West Virginia Offer Discounted Lodging Rates for Florence Evacuees
Sep 12 2018 // Kentucky and West Virginia are offering discounted rates on lodging at their state parks for people seeking shelter from Hurricane Florence. The Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet said the discounted nightly rate...
West Virginia Gov. Appoints Insurance Agent Jeffries to State House of Delegates
Sep 7 2018 // Republican Dean Jeffries has been appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates seat from Kanawha County vacated by the resignation of Tim Armstead. Gov. Jim Justice announced Jeffries’ appointment...
West Virginia Drug Overdose Deaths Reached Record High in 2017
Sep 6 2018 // New West Virginia health information shows drug overdose deaths have increased to more than 1,000 in a one-year period for the first time. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the West Virginia Health Statistics...
West Virginia AG Reaches Settlement Over Unlawfully Repossessed Vehicles
Aug 27 2018 // West Virginia’s attorney general says his office has reached a settlement over allegations that a leasing company unlawfully repossessed vehicles. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a release that the...
