A new study says West Virginia has the nation’s highest rate of fatal all-terrain vehicle accidents. The Charleston Daily Mail reports that the study released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety looked at rider deaths on public roads …
West Virginia legislative leaders plan to talk to members of Congress about the rising cost of flood insurance. House Speaker Tim Miley says state residents and small business owners have been hit with “shockingly high” flood insurance costs since Congress …
Recent rock and mud slides are straining the West Virginia Department of Transportation’s maintenance fund. The cleanup of a rock slide in Raleigh County that has closed a section of W.Va. Route 3 could cost $500,000, DOT spokesman Brent Walker …
West Virginia is working to make signs on interstate and U.S. highway routes more legible and visible. During regular sign replacements, the Department of Transportation is installing signs that feature a font called Clearview. Research has shown that Clearview increases …
Federal regulators are resolving workplace safety and environmental violations at a Hancock County metals recycling plant where three workers died in a fire and explosion in 2010. The Charleston Gazette reports that West Virginia-based AL Solutions will pay $100,000 in …
Two West Virginia agencies should force coal operators to install detectors that automatically shut down mobile machinery in mines when people get too close, according to a lawsuit. Mountain State Justice lawyers filed an emergency petition Friday with the state …
Workforce West Virginia has received a $242,000 federal grant to help pay for Superstorm Sandy cleanup. The U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday that the grant will be used to continue the temporary employment of workers to help with cleanup …
Members of a West Virginia board have decided to gather more industry and labor proposals on so-called proximity detectors before they require mine operators to install the equipment. The Thursday meeting of the Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety …
A federal prosecutor says a former insurance agent has admitted to his role in an arson scheme in Logan, W.Va. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 44-year-old William Janey Thompson pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aiding and abetting arson and a …
A West Virginia court of appeals decision could affect insurers’ use of the “open and obvious” doctrine in future cases brought within the state. In the case of Hersh v. E-T Enterprises, Ralph L. Eckenrode, P & H Investments, Inc., …