Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer: Odds of Deer-vehicle Crashes Highest in West Virginia
Oct 10 2008 // For the second straight year, data gathered by State Farm Insurance shows that vehicles are most likely to collide with deer in West Virginia — a one in 45 chance. That’s up from a year ago when the odds were...
1 Person Killed in West Virginia Mine
Oct 10 2008 // A contract worker has been killed at a Massey Energy mine in West Virginia. State Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training spokeswoman Jama Jarrett says apprentice miner Steven Cain was pinned between the wall...
Motorcycle Safety Event Planned at West Virginia Bridge Day
Oct 8 2008 // At this year’s Bridge Day In West Virginia, 200 motorcycle enthusiasts will join parachutists and rappelers. But a motorcycle ride scheduled across the bridge during the Oct. 18 festival isn’t just a pleasure...
West Virginia Insurance Commission Employee Info on Stolen Laptop
Oct 8 2008 // A laptop containing personal information about more than 500 state employees in West Virginia is now in the hands of a thief. Department of Administration spokeswoman Diane Holley says the laptop was taken from an...
West Virginia Resort Loses Another Insurance Conference Over Labor Rift
Oct 6 2008 // An insurance group has canceled another conference scheduled at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia because of an ongoing contract dispute between the resort and its employees. The Council of Insurance Agents and...
Federal Grant will Help with West Virginia Farm Safety Initiative
Sep 30 2008 // Reducing farm accidents, specifically those involving young people, is the goal of a two-year federal grant awarded to the West Virginia University Extension Service. The $221,000 grant from the U.S. Department of...
4 West Virginia Counties Hot Spots for Deer Collisions
Sep 29 2008 // Erie Insurance says vehicles are more likely to hit deer in Calhoun, Pleasants, Pocahontas and Wirt counties than in any other West Virginia county. The Erie, Pa.-based insurer says there were more than 50 deer claims per...
Labor Dispute Costs West Virginia Resort another Insurance Conference
Sep 26 2008 // A business group canceled another conference scheduled at The Greenbrier because of an ongoing contract dispute between the West Virginia resort and its employees. The Washington, D.C.-based Council of Insurance Agents and...
West Virginia Supreme Court Hears DuPont’s Pitch for Appeal
Sep 25 2008 // In a case that’s caught the eye of Gov. Joe Manchin, West Virginia’s Supreme Court is being asked to accept an appeal of a nearly $400 million judgment against chemical giant DuPont. A Harrison County jury...
West Virginia Gov. Seeks Disaster Help for Flea Market Fire
Sep 22 2008 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is seeking federal help for businesses hurt by a fire that destroyed the Milton, W. Va. Flea Market. The governor’s office said Sept. 18 that Manchin requested a disaster declaration...
105 Workers Comp Carriers Enter West Virginia
Sep 22 2008 // Since West Virginia opened its workers’ compensation insurance market on July 1 of this year, 105 insurance carriers have entered the field and begun to write policies, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L....
105 New Workers’ Comp Providers Writing in West Virginia
Sep 16 2008 // Since West Virginia opened its workers’ compensation insurance market on July 1, 105 insurance carriers entered the field and wrote policies, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. When the workers’...
Asbestos Discovery in West Virginia Results in Post Office Closure
Sep 16 2008 // The discovery of asbestos in crumbled ceiling tile resulted in the temporary closure of the Davis, West Virginia Post Office. U.S. Postal Service officials don’t yet know when the Tucker County site will reopen. The...
West Virginia Mines Make Progress on Refuge Chambers
Sep 15 2008 // Manufacturers delivered nearly 200 airtight refuge chambers to West Virginia coal mines. State regulators became the first in the nation to mandate the chambers after 12 trapped men died after a January 2006 explosion at...
Feds give West Virginia $250K to Study Disaster Plans
Sep 12 2008 // West Virginia will begin studying ways to recover economically from natural disasters, particularly in parts of the state perpetually hit hard by flooding. The federal Economic Development Administration announced Sept. 8...
Feds Complete West Virginia Explosion Report
Sep 12 2008 // Federal investigators are wrapping up a probe of a fatal propane explosion at a Raleigh County, West Virginia convenience store in January 2007. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said it will release its final report on the...
West Virginia Insurance Department Going Paperless
Sep 11 2008 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission sent a heads-up to all insurance companies licensed to do business in the state, informing them that the department will accept only electronic rate and form filings beginning in...
Panel Head: West Virginia Explosion Probe will Take Months
Sep 3 2008 // The head of a federal board investigating a deadly Bayer Crop Science plant explosion in Institute, West Virginia says the probe will take at least six months. U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman John Bresland said at an...
West Virginia Hospital to Pay $11.5M to Settle Fight with Surgeon
Aug 29 2008 // A four-year battle between Charleston Area Medical Center and a surgeon over malpractice insurance is over. CAMC’s trustees agreed Aug. 27 to pay $11.5 million to Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. Hamrick agreed to end his legal...
West Virginia Malpractice Cases Rising
Aug 26 2008 // The West Virginia Medical Association says the number of medical malpractice lawsuits against West Virginia doctors and hospitals is going back up. But recent claims are still below the totals reported earlier this decade,...
