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The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office came out of the gate quickly this week with a warrant sweep, and they cleared 20 outstanding warrants with 18 arrests. Chief Deputy Mike Rutherford says the Sheriff’s Office...

– Wells Fargo will pay $8 million to West Virginia in the settlement of a decade-long dispute involving marketing practices. The lawsuit was filed in 2005 by former Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s office. It...

Environmental groups are taking legal action to require the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to treat water pollution at bankrupt coal mines in Barbour, Nicholas and Preston counties. News outlets report that a...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says he’s transferring $10 million from his office’s consumer protection fund to the state’s general fund for substance abuse treatment efforts and to reduce a backlog of state...

Almost a half-million dollars in outside interest group money is pouring into West Virginia’s five-way Supreme Court race through advertising. Disclosures with the secretary of state show the Republican State Leadership Committee bought $269,200...

Coal producer Murray Energy Corp. is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule that targets mercury pollution from power plants. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the EPA should have considered...

West Virginia officials warn that payments to Medicaid providers may be delayed because of budget issues. The Department of Health and Human Resources told providers in a letter Monday that the state may be...

Graduation plans are set for Marshall University’s Pharmacy School. Seventy-six students will graduate with Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. Some will begin residences, and others will move into jobs at hospitals and research facilities. The...

Two record-setting coaches are sharing an honor. The Van Meter Award is presented to the high school coach of the year by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. David Tallman and John Lowery tied...

A woman police officer is honored in Charleston. Corporal Jessi Redden is the first woman Officer of the Year. She was awarded the tribute sunday night. The department has 162 officers plus 21 civilians.