West Virginia animal shelter pleads for help fostering dogs after truck crashes into building
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia animal shelter is pleading for help fostering its dogs after a vehicle plowed into its building. The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association says one dog's leg ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies.
West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia minors are facing sexual assault and other charges following an alleged incident at a hotel involving members of a high school wrestling team, authorities say.
Raleigh County Sheriff James Canaday said the ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court rejected a bid Monday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a "felon."
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, left in place a lower court's ruling in West ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark circled her home court one final time, making a heart-shaped symbol with her hands as the sellout crowd cheered.
Iowa's superstar guard scored 32 points to help the No. 1 seed survive one of its worst offensive ...
CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia National Guard joined in battling wildfires Friday that have scorched more than 6.25 square miles (16 square kilometers) in the state and destroyed several homes.
Two Blackhawk helicopters dropped water from buckets on the fires in steep, wooded terrain in ...
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Crews who have been battling still-burning wildfires in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley this week have gotten an assist from rain and from the state government, which has deployed new resources to the area, officials said ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia National Guard joined in battling wildfires Friday that have scorched more than 6.25 square miles in the state and destroyed several homes.
Two Blackhawk helicopters dropped water from buckets on the fires in steep, wooded ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Friday.
But violators can ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free exchange of ideas in science classrooms, despite objections from opponents who said the vaguely worded measure could allow for ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia's highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis in one of the state's ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia's highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis ...
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press
When Mike O'Neil opened his bicycle repair shop in Muncie, Indiana, the Cardinal Greenway trail just outside its window stretched only 2 miles south of the shop.
Today, it extends 33 miles (53 kilometers) beyond that, but the ultimate vision is far ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a budget of just under $5 billion Thursday after criticizing lawmakers for approving it in the waning hours of the 60-day session with less money for some critically needed programs.
Justice was especially concerned about ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jonathan Board was named Thursday as executive director of the West Virginia First Foundation, which will distribute the majority of the state's more than $1 billion in opioid settlements.
Board was elected last year to the foundation's board of directors ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently returned to the spotlight, it wasn't as the state's top executive. Or a wealthy businessman. Or even as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
The term-limited Republican was instead back on the court, guiding a high school team ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently returned to the spotlight, it wasn't as the state's top executive. Or a wealthy businessman. Or even as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
The term-limited Republican was instead back on the ...
IRELAND, W.Va. (AP) — The bodies of four people were found Monday inside the remains of a burning home in West Virginia, and a suspect later was found dead by suicide in a separate location, authorities said.
The fire occurred in the Lewis County community of Ireland. In a statement, state ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don't attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country.
The bill was ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill that would have provided a framework for public school teachers to remove kindergarten and elementary school students from the classroom for severe misbehavior failed to pass after legislators missed a midnight Sunday deadline.
The measure did ...