Nearly 15,000 miles of natural gas pipeline stretch across West Virginia, and as residents of this community north of Charleston now know, devastating explosions can happen without warning. Federal regulators say there have been 20 “significant” pipeline incidents involving deaths, …
The state Supreme Court will debut a business court division next month, taking often-complicated disputes out of a hectic circuit court system, Chief Justice Robin Davis said this week. The business court that will start Oct. 10 generally will handle …
West Virginia’s state-created workers’ compensation insurers is expecting to lose million of dollars in government agency contracts following the opening of the market to other carriers on July 1. One by one, boards of education and other entities across the …
A state-created insurance company for workers’ compensation coverage is expecting to lose million of dollars in government agency contracts when the market opens up to other carriers next week, the insurer’s chief said. One by one, boards of education and …
Workers’ compensation premium increases for volunteer fire departments are being postponed for a year while lawmakers address firefighter safety and liability issues, Gov. Joe Manchin said. Manchin said he hopes to have legislation ready for a July 19 special session. …
Three recent chemical leaks at a West Virginia DuPont plant, one of which killed a worker, don’t appear to be related, a federal investigator said. U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigator Johnnie Banks promised a thorough investigation into the leaks, which …
Attention all you insurance industry golfers filling out your gift lists: the birthplace of American golf is up for sale. Lewis Keller, the owner of West Virginia’s Oakhurst Links, says that after 50 years, it’s time for someone else to …
Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “The last three months have sucked every bit of moisture we’ve had,” …
Phone and Internet provider FiberNet expected service to be restored to most of its customers Wednesday following a blackout that affected up to 20,000 homes, businesses and emergency providers across West Virginia. Employees of the Charleston-based fiber-optic company have been …
