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Supreme Court won't block EPA rules on methane, mercury emissions

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block Environmental Protection Agency regulations that would have curbed methane emissions at oil and gas facilities.
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W.Va. attorneys secure key victory in Pa. contamination case

By Chris Dickerson |
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Some West Virginia attorneys are declaring a key victory in a Pennsylvania case regarding properties contaminated with arsenic and lead decades after a U.S. Steel facility was shuttered.
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W.Va., U.S. Chambers want Biden to invoke Taft-Hartley to stop longshoreman strike

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in urging President Joe Biden to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to help end the strike by longshoremen that is affecting supply chain issues across the country.
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Justice coal companies still owe $529K in mine safety issues

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Coal companies owned by the family of Gov. Jim Justice still owe more than $525,000 to the federal government for mine safety fines.
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Debt collector removes magistrate case to federal court

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – In an unusual move, a debt collection harassment case seeking less than $10,000 plus attorney fees has been removed from magistrate court to federal court.
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Nurse accuses defendants of bait-and-switch in asbestos case

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CHARLESTON – A lifelong nonsmoker nurse who was diagnosed with lung cancer after working in various hospitals and medical facilities during her career says Fairmont State University and others have pulled a bait-and-switch in her asbestos case against them.
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Federal judge rules state must allow churches to incorporate

By Chris Dickerson |
MARTINSBURG – A federal judge has ordered the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office to issue a certificate of incorporation to a Hedgesville church.
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Democrats blast Akers for representing podcaster; Akers calls criticism ‘hypocrisy’

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CHARLESTON – The state Democratic Party is criticizing a Republican member of the House of Delegates who is serving as legal counsel for a podcaster it calls “right-wing” and “extremist.”But J.B.
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Retired officer says private info was shared online by international company

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CLARKSBURG – A retired law enforcement officer has filed a potential class action lawsuit claiming an international information company has broken state law by publishing private information online.
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Estate blames EMS workers for woman's death

By Chris Dickerson |
WINFIELD – The estate of a Putnam County woman blames EMS workers for her death.
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Parent sues Kanawha school board after son was allegedly assaulted, harassed, bullied

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A St. Albans student allegedly was physically and sexually assaulted and harassed, bullied and intimidated by a fellow student despite school officials knowing of the aggressor’s violent acts.
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Some sun, mostly clouds in W.Va. Chamber's state economic forecast

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – The economic forecast for West Virginia includes some dark clouds, according to a West Virginia Chamber of Commerce report.
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Group of AGs support Kroger in challenge of FTC tribunal

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A coalition of attorneys general are supporting a challenge of the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission’s administrative proceedings for the Kroger-Albertsons merger.
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Lawsuits blame mining, logging companies for Campbell's Creek flooding

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CHARLESTON – At least 18 lawsuits have been filed accusing a host of mining and logging companies of causing flooding that damaged the plaintiffs’ properties.
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Podcaster sues Harris campaign for millions over social media post he says damaged him

By Chris Dickerson |
MARTINSBURG – A conservative podcaster has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit saying Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign claimed he supports a dictatorship.
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Woman says botched surgeries led to leg amputation

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LOGAN – A Logan County woman says she ended up having her left leg amputated because of poor medical care at Logan Regional Medical Center.
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Coalition of AGs working to stop California electric-truck mandate

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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently joined a multistate comment letter asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to maintain a federal legal block on California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation.
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Woman says she was victim of harassment, discrimination because of medical condition

By Chris Dickerson |
PRINCETON – A Mercer County woman says she was harassed and discriminated against because of a medical condition.
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Woman says husband died because of improper medical treatment

By Chris Dickerson |
BECKLEY – The wife of a Raleigh County man says he died because of improper treatment at a Beckley hospital.
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Mother blames law enforcement, others after daughter's suicide on I-81

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MARTINSBURG – The mother of a Berkeley County woman has sued several members of law enforcement and others after her daughter committed suicide by jumping from a bridge onto Interstate 81.

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