Latest West Virginia News
As legal gambling surges, should schools teach teens about risk?
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As a high school senior, Nick was blessed with a deadly accurate jump shot from the three-point range — something he was quick to monetize. He and his gym classmates not far from the Jersey Shore would compete to see who could make the most baskets, at...
Debt ceiling deal advances pipeline and tweaks environmental rules. But more work remains.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite weeks of negotiations, the White House and House Republicans were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their debt ceiling deal, instead settling for limited changes that could...
Senate passes GOP bill overturning student loan cancellation, teeing it up for Biden veto
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation plan passed the Senate on Thursday and now awaits an expected veto. The vote was 52-46, with support from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana as...
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Hutchison to retire next year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia Supreme Court justice who joined the bench following a 2018 corruption and impeachment scandal said Thursday that he will retire after his term ends next year. Justice John Hutchison was appointed by Gov. Jim Justice to the seat vacated by...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Gazette-Mail. May 25, 2023. Editorial: Gov. Justice’s distant style catching on It didn’t take long for Gov. Jim Justice, who can get a little hair-brained from time to time and is very thin-skinned, to recognize the appeal of conducting public briefings online...
3 more GOP governors sending National Guard troops to US-Mexico border
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The governors of Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina on Wednesday joined a growing list of Republican leaders sending their state National Guard soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico. Virginia Gov. Glenn...
Coal firms owned by family of West Virginia governor sued over unpaid penalties
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are being sued over unpaid penalties for previous mining law violations that the federal government says pose health and safety risks or threaten environmental harm. Justice, who...
West Virginia boy, 16, sentenced to 80 years for killing mother, sister
NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager was sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms in the fatal shootings of his mother and sister after a judge rejected the defendant's pleas for a lesser sentence. Connor Crowe pleaded guilty last November to second-degree...
Kentucky to house visiting teams in dorms for NCAA regional due to hotel room shortage
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Visiting baseball teams in the NCAA Tournament's Lexington Regional will stay in dormitories on the Kentucky campus because of a shortage of hotel rooms in the area. Kentucky is the No. 12 seed for the 64-team tournament, earning the right to host Ball State,...
Debt ceiling agreement gets thumbs up from business groups, jeers from some on political right
WASHINGTON (AP) — The reviews are starting to come in as details emerge about the debt ceiling agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Even before seeing those details, some lawmakers were criticizing the deal as not doing enough to tackle the...
