Child advocacy centers, recovery housing and diversion programs in West Virginia will receive grants as part of the initial round of $10.4 million distributed by the nonprofit allocating opioid settlement funds in the U.S. state with the highest overdose rate. The West Virginia First ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's state health officer, who was recently reelected as a leader of the private nonprofit charged with distributing much of the state's opioid settlement dollars, has resigned. Dr. Matt Christiansen' s final day with the state health department was ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's state health officer, who was recently reelected as a leader of the private nonprofit charged with distributing much of the state's opioid settlement dollars, has resigned. Dr. Matt Christiansen' s final day ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felony and is accused of making terroristic threats. Joseph de Soto, 61, was arrested by state police Thursday in Martinsburg following an investigation that found he made "several ...
By ZACH ALLEN Associated Press Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss said Friday he is being treated for cancer and is recovering from major surgery. In an appearance on Instagram Live, Moss, aided by a cane, introduced himself as a cancer survivor and thanked his "prayer ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felony and is accused of making terroristic threats. Joseph de Soto, 61, was arrested by state police Thursday in Martinsburg following an investigation ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felony and is accused of making terroristic threats. Joseph de Soto, 61, was arrested by state police Thursday in Martinsburg following an investigation ...
MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after independent Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed the nomination, thwarting their hopes of locking in a majority at the ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press C CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former maintenance director of a southern West Virginia county school system was charged in a scheme to steal about $3.4 million from a local board of education. Michael David Barker appeared in court Wednesday after his ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its "rape club" women's prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement, The Associated Press has learned. The agency informed employees and ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Darrell V. McGraw Jr., a former longtime West Virginia attorney general and state Supreme Court justice who fought back against the state's drug overdose crisis, died Saturday. He was 88. Jared Hunt, a spokesman for the state Supreme Court, said in an email that ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Dana Holgorsen has signed a two-year contract to remain Nebraska's offensive coordinator, the school said Monday night. Coach Matt Rhule brought in Holgorsen in early November as a consultant and days later moved him into the role of coordinator and play-caller for the ...
BOLT, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia sheriff's deputy shot and killed a person on Friday who fired at him as he was responding to a 911 call, authorities say. The individual who died wasn't immediately identified by the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office, which released a statement about the ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former correctional officers in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. As part of plea agreements, Johnathan Walters entered a plea Monday in U.S. ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — High school football teams in West Virginia will face off in the postseason using a new points system that withstood legal scrutiny from the state's highest court on Tuesday, although the playoffs will still be delayed one week. The governing body for interscholastic ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Mark Holdren entered a plea agreement in U.S. District Court in which ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Mark Holdren entered a plea agreement in U.S. District Court in which ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state school board about a day after a decisive victory in a U.S. Senate race against his Democratic opponent. The 73-year-old Republican governor announced First Lady Cathy Justice's appointment to the West ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state school board about a day after a decisive victory in a U.S. Senate race against his Democratic opponent. The 73-year-old Republican governor announced First Lady ...
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans picked up a crucial win Tuesday in the race for the Senate majority, as Jim Justice easily notched the West Virginia seat to succeed retiring Sen. Joe Manchin, deadlocking the chamber in a 50-50 split, ...