Twenty-Four Carrot Country
Frontier Communications has agreed to spend an additional $150 million to boost Internet speeds for about 28,000 rural customers in West Virginia. The capital investment is part of a $160 million settlement announced on...
After being convicted on a misdemeanor, ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship wants to go home for the holidays and asked a judge for permission this week. U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Clarke VanDervort granted the...
After being convicted on a misdemeanor, ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship wants to go home for the holidays. A defense filing asks U.S. District Judge Irene Berger if Blankenship can return to Nevada from...
Health officials are gathering for a summit on how to reduce tobacco use among pregnant women in West Virginia. The West Virginia Management of Maternal Smoking Initiative, also known by the acronym MOMS, was...
The number of bucks killed during West Virginia’s recent firearm deer season rose 77 percent compared to the 2014 period. The Division of Natural Resources says more than 66,000 bucks were killed during the...
A judge has denied a motion by The Associated Press to release names and addresses of jurors from ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s trial. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger says there’s “no legal basis...
A Putnam County magistrate has resigned from office, leaving a two-sentence resignation letter on his desk. Jennifer Bundy, a spokeswoman for the state Supreme Court, tells the Charleston Gazette-Mail that Scot Lawrence left the...
A former Fayette County teacher serving 15 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography has been sentenced to additional time in state prison. The Register-Herald reports Joshua Taylor has been sentenced to 10...
Changes are coming to the makeup of the West Virginia Supreme Court’s Juvenile Justice Commission. Chief Justice Margaret L. Workman announced the changes yesterday, and she established the commission in 2011. The Supreme Court...
Coal operator Alpha Natural Resources and West Virginia regulators have agreed on a deal resolving a dispute over the company’s mine reclamation bonds. Alpha asked a bankruptcy court on Monday to approve a consent...
