CHARLESTON — Two of the most recent deaths in West Virginia from the coronavirus pandemic stem from an outbreak at a Greenbrier County church.

1CHARLESTON — A staffer at West Virginia’s intelligence sharing agency has tested positive for the coronavirus after going to a wedding last month, officials said Wednesday.

A leader of West Virginia’s construction unions expressed deep disappointment about the cancellation of the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice forced out the commissioner of his public health bureau last week, hours after he publicly questioned the accuracy of the state's coronavirus data and detailed growing outbreaks in about a dozen counties.

1CHARLESTON —About 3,600 West Virginians filed for unemployment benefits last week as the state continues to lift coronavirus restrictions, federal data showed Thursday.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice encouraged people to go to the state fair as he warned that coronavirus cases are rising in states that have eased restrictions.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia teachers whose protests sparked a national wave of unrest took to chanting “Ditch Mitch” as they descended on the Capitol.

CHARLESTON — A coronavirus outbreak at a West Virginia church has grown to 28 cases, Gov. Jim Justice said Monday.

BUCKHANNON — Two men who believe they were switched at birth nearly 80 years ago are suing a Roman Catholic diocese in West Virginia, alleging negligence and breach of duty by the hospital where they were born.

CHARLESTON — Following bipartisan support in both the House of Delegates and State Senate in 2017, the Medical Cannabis Act was signed into law in West Virginia with expectations the new industry would be up and running by July 2019. 

CHARLESTON — About 4,500 West Virginians filed for unemployment aid last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses in the state, according to federal statistics released Thursday.

CHARLESTON — Rite-Aid and Walgreens failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers in West Virginia while inundating their retail pharmacies with tens of millions of pills, according to a state lawsuit.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice continued to defend himself Thursday after making comments about not wanting former President Barack Obama in the state, saying he's not racist and has black friends.

MORGANTOWN — Chris Atkins has had family members at Sundale Rehabilitation and Long Term Care in Morgantown.

1CHARLESTON — More than 11 percent of West Virginia’s registered voters have returned absentee ballots for the June 9 primary election.

New figures show West Virginia’s state revenue collections at $236,354,390 below estimates with one month left in the fiscal year, but Gov. Jim Justice says no need to worry.

GILBERT — Riders packed a vast network of all-terrain vehicle trails in southern West Virginia on the first weekend the system was allowed to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.

1CHARLESTON — The West Virginia DMV will allow some of its regional offices to resume services by appointment next week, officials said last week.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice stressed Friday that medical experts are leading his plan to lift coronavirus restrictions, days after he widened his strategy at the request of business owners.

1CHARLESTON — The large majority of the approximately 22,000 students in West Virginia who are either home-schooled or attend private schools that don’t use the National School Lunch Program aren’t eligible for grocery relief payments, the Charleston Gazette Mail reports.

1CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s court system can begin a gradual return to regular operations on May 18.

CHARLESTON — About 13,000 West Virginians filed for unemployment benefits last week as the economic fallout from the coronavirus continues to hammer the state, federal statistics released last week show.

1CHARLESTON — Monday marked the second week of Gov. Jim Justice’s plan to push West Virginia’s economy forward.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Friday said the state might not be able to pay its bills by early June as it faces a growing budget crisis from the coronavirus pandemic.

CHARLESTON — A federal judge in Kentucky has ordered companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay more than $1 million in fees and expenses in a lawsuit that accused them of defaulting on a mining contract.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a so-called right-to-work law and handed a defeat to labor unions which had sought to preserve workers’ union dues.

1 MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University is considering furloughing some staffers due to financial losses from the coronavirus pandemic, WVU Vice President Rob Alsop said last week.

1MORGANTOWN — Tests conducted after a resident of a West Virginia University dormitory complex contracted the new coronavirus show a second resident also has COVID-19, a health department said.

CHARLESTON (AP) — To help decrease the spread of COVID-19, residents across the country, and here in West Virginia, are being asked to stay home, except to get the essentials such as food and medicine. Although the National Grocers Association assures there's not a food shortage in the U.S.,…

CHARLESTON  — Nearly 36,000 West Virginians filed unemployment claims in the 1st week of April.

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CHARLESTON — For a moment, West Virginia looked like it was going to allow betting on the presidential election.

About 64 million households across the nation are receiving a paper questionnaire as the U.S. Census Bureau continues to try to make sure responding to the census is easier than ever.

1HUNTINGTON — Marshall University made grading changes for the spring semester because of problems brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and the change to online classes, the school said.

CHARLESTON — Billionaire West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's coal companies have agreed to pay more than $5 million for thousands of mine safety violations, federal prosecutors said last week.

SHEPHERDSTOWN — A West Virginia couple are celebrating their recovery from the new Coronavirus.

WHEELING — West Virginia emergency officials found more than a dozen ventilators and other important equipment in the shuttered Ohio Valley Medical Center this week as they prepare for possible shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic.

1PRINCETON — Dreama Denver couldn’t tout her new children’s book at a pair of canceled events, so she’s going online to read it.

1KINGWOOD — A West Virginia group plans to study removal of the only dam on the Cheat River.

As West Virginia, and, indeed, the entire world grapples with the COVID-19 global pandemic, we should take a moment each day to pray for the medical professionals, first responders, and public servants who are working around the clock to halt the spread of this deadly virus. We also must pra…

CHARLESTON — There was a time when even Roman Prezioso, one of West Virginia's most tenured legislators, couldn't get anyone from the Marion County Democratic Executive Committee to take his calls.