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West Virginia Representative Evan Jenkins is one of four sponsoring a bill that aims to put out of work coal miners back on the job. The goal of the Assisting America’s Dislocated Miners Act...

The governor’s pick to head up the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training is a former mine inspector. Deputy Director Greg Norman was appointed by Governor Jim Justice to the new post...

While their client remains locked up in a California prison, the lawyers for former Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship keep fighting to win his release. This past week the law team asked...

A new report says repealing the Affordable Health Care Act would cause nearly 200-thousand West Virginians to lose their health insurance. A new report out of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy...

A former mine inspector is taking over the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training. Governor Justice announced the appointment of Greg Norman yesterday to be director of the office, after Norman...

A tentative deal is being worked out between West Virginia American Water and state regulators over the Elk River chemical spill. The company was being investigated for its reaction to the 2014 spill and...

Newly appointed secretary of the Department of Education and the Arts Gayle Manchin has fired one-third of the department’s central office staff in a sweeping reorganization. Missy Phalen, Manchin’s executive assistant, confirmed to the...

A proposed settlement has been reached in the state investigation into West Virginia American Water’s role in a 2014 chemical spill and a resulting water crisis in the Charleston area. Thousands of gallons of...

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is applauding President Trump’s executive action to advance the Keystone XL pipeline. The attorney general joined nearly two dozen other states several years ago to recommend the project’s...

Governor Jim Justice is naming three new members to the state school board. Miller Hall, Barbara Whitecotton, and Chuck Hatfield are joining the board. The three will be sworn in at the February board...