Firm to Pay $209M Over West Virginia Blast That Killed 29
Coal miner Alpha Natural Resources has agreed to pay $1.5 million to each of the families of 29 miners killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia last year. The payments ...
View ArticleVa. woman charged with embezzling from W.Va. track
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A former bookkeeper is accused of embezzling more than $1.2 million in horse racing funds over a five-year period at West Virginia's Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & ...
View ArticleWetzel waterfall removed for drilling restored
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- Chesapeake Energy has restored a waterfall in Wetzel County that its subcontractors had removed for drilling ...
View ArticleCops' arrests prompt change at W.Va. police dept.
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Officials are changing evidence procedures at the Shinnston Police Department after an officer was charged with an evidence-related crime for the second time in two ...
View ArticlePa. ad executive sends holiday cards from grave
PITTSBURGH -- The holiday cards from ad man Bob McCully were truly a special delivery -- from beyond the grave. About 400 people recently received the macabre but humorous greetings from McCully, ...
View ArticleCops arrests prompt changes at Harrison police department
SHINNSTON, W.Va. -- Officials are changing evidence procedures at the Shinnston Police Department after an officer was charged with an evidence-related crime for the second time in two years. ...
View ArticleFormer Putnam sheriff Farley dies
A former Putnam County sheriff died over the weekend. Stan Farley, 68, of Culloden, died on Saturday, an employee of Chapman Funeral Home of Hurricane said. Farley, a former State Police ...
View ArticleJackson County aluminum plant recalls 25 laid-off workers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Jackson County's largest employer has recalled about 25 laid-off workers and reinstated normal work weeks. The moves follow a series of upgrades at the Constellium ...
View ArticleWoman dies after car crashed into Beckley bakery
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- Beckley police are investigating the death of a 75-year-old woman who was hit by a car that crashed through a bakery window. Media outlets report that the accident occurred last ...
View ArticleWashingtons lost apron found at state lodge
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- George Washington's "lost apron'' was hiding in plain sight at a Masonic lodge in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The Marquis de Lafayette gave ...
View ArticleFormer bookkeeper for Mountaineer Casino indicted on fraud charges
WHEELING, W.Va. - A former bookkeeper at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly embezzling $1.2 million from a Mountaineer account. Anita ...
View ArticleFormer Supreme Court Justice Gets Into Gas Business
A former state Supreme Court Justice says the goal is for his company to break ground on a new cracker plant near Montgomery in Fayette County within the next two years. Richard Neely says ...
View ArticlePanned by some, W.Va. Marcellus bill clears panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed the regulatory bill Monday. But it first amended the measure after fielding criticisms from those involved in this vast natural gas ...
View ArticleAlpha deal brings long-discussed advances to mines
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Last week's $210 million settlement with Alpha Natural Resources over the disaster at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine does something regulators recommended ...
View ArticleLandau to headline W.Va. Day show at FestivALL
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. will headline a special West Virginia Day/ Mayor's Concert on June 20 during Charleston's FestivALL this summer. The news was announced ...
View ArticleWeir High football coach resigns, will continue teaching
HANCOCK COUNTY , W.Va. -- Weir High School's football coach has resigned from his coaching position two weeks after he was arrested on a drunken driving charge. Jason Kekseo will remain ...
View ArticleVegetable oil lubricant spill closes part of Route 88
OHIO COUNTY , W.Va. -- Part of Route 88 is closed due to a vegetable oil lubricant spill. The road is closed from the West Liberty Volunteer Fire Department to Apple Pie Ridge Road. Officials said a ...
View ArticleM. Basketball. Pitts Earns Weekly Honor
Damier Pitts was named the College Sports Madness Conference USA Player of the Week. A native of Charlotte, N.C., Pitts scored a season-high 25 points in Marshall's 82-63 win over Iona on ...
View ArticleBoil-water advisory lifted for Paige-Kincaid PSD
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Department of Health and Human Resources has lifted a boil-water advisory for customers from Ingram Branch Road to Wriston of the Paige-Kincaid Public Service ...
View ArticleJudge denies bail in East End murder case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A judge has denied bail for a Charleston man accused of gunning down a teenager at his Lewis Street home in 2007. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Charles E. King denied Michael ...
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