West Virginia News

July 31, 2010 Housing Development Fund Continues to Open Doors for Families From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

The late Sen. Robert C. Byrd served West Virginia in the U.S. Senate for more than 50 years.

Mike Romano recently was named president of the West Virginia Association for Justice.

An independent review panel has found no wrongdoing after allegations were made against the West Virginia State Police by a Princeton Police officer.

West Virginia Governor Recognizes Jim Justice with Distinguished West Virginian Award; Honored for the Renaissance of The Greenbrier Resort July 30, 2010 --WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- A couple of years ago, Gov.

The West Virginia State Bar and Legal Aid of West Virginia are partnering together to launch Lawyer Information Service.

Federal bureaucrats already have too much control over local affairs. Town councils, county commissions and boards of education frequently have to subvert local residents' interests to comply with federal government mandates.

West Virginia State Police, who arrested seven people at a Cross Lanes meth lab Wednesday, say the number of meth labs in Kanawha County is steadily rising and is now on track to pass last year's record.

The West Virginia State Police are investigating a fatality involving a CSX train about 10 p.m., Wednesday, officials said.

A miner was killed Thursday in an accident at a Consol Energy coal mine in north-central West Virginia, regulators said.

In March 2010, USDA Rural Development, in conjunction with the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, West Virginia State University Cooperative Extension, and other state and local partners, released details of a program called "Stronger Economies Together" , a program designed to help regional teams develop new approaches to strengthen ...

A a " A coal miner has died in a Consol Energy mine in northern West Virginia . State Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training spokesman Hoy Murphy says the victim apparently was killed by a block of coal that fell from the wall of Loveridge Mine in Marion County .

The Steubenville Big Red Boosters Club will sponsor a Night at the Races Friday at the Spot Bar.

As the first day of the Greenbrier Classic tournament got underway a lot of action was taking place on the 18th green.

July 29, 2010 EDITORIAL: Ken Hechler: The Ultimate Protest Vote Against Manchin on August 28th The comedians in our midst are no doubt having a good time with the arrival of former Secretary of State Ken Hechler on the stump again.

THE federal government named 18 states and the District of Columbia as finalists Tuesday in the second round of competition for $3.4 billion in Race to the Top funding for effective educational experiments.

Lincoln County's two representatives voted with the majority when West Virginia Republicans selected a new chairman the past weekend in Morgantown.

Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade got an unexpected bout of publicity last week when a New York Times columnist used a study he published in October, a 500-page tome on college-admissions practices at eight elite schools, to argue that working-class whites - as well as whites in rural areas - get the short end of the stick.

It took just minutes for the U.S. Senate's newest member, Sen. Carte Goodwin of West Virginia, to cast a decisive vote last week.

The Randolph County Community Arts Center and The Old Brick Playhouse, two cultural landmarks of downtown Elkins, have been named to the West Virginia Historic Theatre Trail.