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Mother and grandparents indicted on murder charge in death of emaciated West Virginia girl
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment on a murder charge against the mother and two grandparents of a 14-year-old West Virginia girl whose emaciated body was found in her home. The body of Kyneddi Miller was found in April in the Boone County...
West Virginia governor to call on lawmakers to consider child care and tax proposals this month
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice will call the Legislature back to the Capitol this month to consider several proposals, including one that would cut taxes and another that would provide child care support, he announced Monday. The Republican governor said...
Coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia. The death marks fourth in the state this year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured at the Mountaineer II Mine near Sharples, West Virginia. ...
Family of West Virginia governor, running for Senate, has deal to avoid Greenbrier hotel foreclosure
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avoid the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs for U.S. Senate, the resort announced Thursday. The Republican governor's family had been set...
Gov. Jim Justice tries to halt foreclosure of his West Virginia hotel as he runs for US Senate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice is in a mad-dash legal fight as he runs for U.S. Senate to keep a historic West Virginia hotel at his luxury resort before it's auctioned off next week due to unpaid debts. Around 400 employees at The Greenbrier hotel received a letter...
West Virginia coal miner killed in power haulage accident
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in northern West Virginia earlier this week, Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday. William “Joe” Crandall was killed in an incident at Arch Resource's ACI Tygart Valley Mine in Taylor County, West Virginia, on Monday....
West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice in fight to keep historic hotel amid U.S. Senate campaign
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is in a fight to keep his iconic Greenbrier hotel. A legal notice announcing a public auction for the luxury resort near White Sulphur Springs due to unpaid debts was publicized in the...
West Virginia official quits over conflict of interest allegations; interim chief named
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday that he has appointed an acting cabinet secretary overseeing numerous state agencies after the predecessor resigned when approached about conflict of interest allegations. John McHugh will take over the...
Woman dies in West Virginia's second reported coal mining fatality of 2024
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West Virginia coal mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon, was injured at the Wyco Surface Mine, near the border of Raleigh and Wyoming counties,...
West Virginia governor's bulldog gets her own bobblehead after GOP convention appearance
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s English bulldog is getting her own bobblehead. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee announced plans Friday for a bobblehead doll for the 60-pound (27-kilogram) Babydog. It comes after her appearance...
