Category: State
Gov. Justice appoints Ewing to fill vacancy on 12th Judicial Circuit bench
Tyler BarkerDec 07, 2018
CHARLESTON, WV – Today Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Fayetteville attorney Thomas H. Ewing to fill the vacancy on the 12th Judicial Circuit Court serving Fayette...
Virginia State Police Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Snow Plow
Tyler BarkerDec 07, 2018
VIRGINIA (WOAY) – Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Buchanan County. The crash occurred Dec. 6, 2018 at 11:37 a.m. on Route 460,...
Teachers watching health insurance task force closely
Tyler BarkerDec 07, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Teachers are watching closely as a task force studying fixes to a health insurance program for West Virginia public employees prepares to...
US coal consumption drops to lowest level since 1979
Tyler BarkerDec 05, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and...
Gov. Justice reports November revenue collections were $18.8 million above estimate, FY 2019 collections now $141 million above estimates
Tyler BarkerDec 04, 2018
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced Tuesday that November’s revenue collections were $18.8 million above estimate pushing the Fiscal Year 2019 collections to...
Site of 2014 West Virginia chemical spill to be auctioned
Tyler BarkerDec 04, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The former site of a company that spilled chemicals into a West Virginia river is going up for auction. The Charleston Gazette-Mail...
UPDATE: Missing WVU Student Found
Tyler BarkerDec 03, 2018
UPDATE: 12/3/18 9:00 P.M. (WOAY)- According to the West Virginia University Police Department, Tashala Turner has been found. Officers tell Newswatch, Turner was located...
West Virginia Christmas tree lighting set for Tuesday
Tyler BarkerDec 03, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s annual Joyful Night celebration and tree lighting ceremony will be held this week at the state Capitol Complex in...
GOP majority renominates Hanshaw as W.Va. House speaker
Tyler BarkerDec 02, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Majority Republicans in the West Virginia House of Delegates have renominated Roger Hanshaw as speaker. The House says in a news release...
Bomb dogs sweep stands for explosives before every WVU game
Tyler BarkerDec 02, 2018
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Before 60,000 or more screaming fans fill the seats at Mountaineer Field to cheer the football team, to a trio of noses works hard to make...