West Virginia News

Recent News About State of West Virginia

• Thompson wants to intervene in redistricting suit

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Oct 31, 2011 @ 5:53am

  Thompson CHARLESTON -- West Virginia House Speaker Rick Thompson has asked to intervene in a lawsuit filed in the state Supreme Court arguing that a new House of Delegates redistricting plan is unconstitutional.

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• CIVIL FILINGS: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Oct 28, 2011 @ 2:25am

  Oct. 18

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• Fla. and Va. attorneys quit state Bar

  By Lawrence Smith | Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 @ 3:21am

  CHARLESTON – Two out-of-state attorneys have decided to shutter their practices in West Virginia.

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• Stuart won't run for AG in 2012

  By Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 @ 1:53pm

  Stuart CHARLESTON -- The chairman of the state Republican Party says he won't be running for any office, including state Attorney General, in the 2012 election.

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• Mason, Putnam counties file redistricting suit

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Oct 24, 2011 @ 8:26am

  Tennant CHARLESTON -- Mason and Putnam counties, in a lawsuit filed in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week, say the state Legislature failed to consider "the community interests of the people" in approving a House of Delegates redistricting plan.

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• THEIR VIEW: Coal mining vital to W.Va, world

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 @ 2:00am

  CHARLESTON -- Coal mining always has been an important part of West Virginia.

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• *** SupCo calendar for 10/17 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 @ 1:00am

  Argument Docket

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• Clifford Project presents 'A New Home for Liberty'

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 @ 4:14am

  Clifford CHARLESTON -- On Tuesday, Oct. 18 West Virginia's creation 150 years ago will come alive at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater, when the J.R. Clifford Project presents a "Living History" program titled "A New Home for Liberty -- Human Rights, Slavery, and the Creation of West Virginia."

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• GOP serves notice on redistricting documents

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Oct 3, 2011 @ 3:30am

  Stuart CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Republican Party on Friday, anticipating future litigation, provided written notice to various state offices asking that all documents related to redistricting be preserved.

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• *** SupCo calendar for 9/26 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 @ 3:34am

  Argument Docket

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• *** SupCo calendar for 9/19 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 @ 3:36am

  Argument Docket

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Yurko named Kiwanian of the Year

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Sep 8, 2011 @ 3:42am

  Yurko BRIDGEPORT -– Steptoe & Johnson attorney, Richard "Dink" Yurko was recently presented with the A.S. "Buddy" Ammar Kiwanian of the Year award during the West Virginia District Kiwanis convention.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: W.Va. Chamber inducts inaugural Hall of Fame class

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Sep 1, 2011 @ 2:18am

  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -– The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has inducted six business leaders as inaugural members of the newly established West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.

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• CIVIL FILINGS: Lincoln County

  By Harmon Marks | Friday, Aug 26, 2011 @ 2:00am

  Aug. 2

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Martin & Seiber lawyer to speak at forum on consumer finance class actions and litigation

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 @ 2:54am

  MARTINSBURG -- Walter M. Jones III, Managing Shareholder of the West Virginia law firm of Martin & Seibert has recently been selected to speak at the 12th National Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Martin & Seibert attorney to speak at annual ACI 'Bad Faith' forum

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 @ 2:52am

  MARTINSBURG -- Kay Fuller, Director of Litigation at the Martinsburg office of Martin & Seibert, has been recently nominated to speak at the 22nd National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, in Orlando, FL.

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• THEIR VIEW: Helping students achieve their peak potential

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011 @ 5:37pm

  Tomblin CHARLESTON -- The future success of West Virginia's families and communities will rely on the success of our education systems. Broad-based collaboration aimed at fostering supportive communities that advance student achievement is an essential component in promoting the economic and cultural vitality of our state.

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• *** Cline Family Foundation makes $5M donation to Marshall

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 @ 5:20am

  HUNTINGTON -– The Cline Family Foundation has announced a gift of $5 million to Marshall University to establish an endowment to support new faculty and scientists in the university's planned sports medicine translational research center.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Martin & Seiber members honored in Super Lawyers

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 @ 2:26am

  MARTINSBURG -- For a number of years, members of the law firm of Martin & Seibert have been acknowledged in national publications and have received much individual recognition.

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• DEP chief says EPA undermined state power

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 @ 1:25am

  WASHINGTON – Federal regulators usurped West Virginia's authority when they delayed water quality permits for mountaintop coal mines, state environmental secretary Randy Huffman pleaded in federal court on July 13.

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