West Virginia Government News

The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for charities, both in services rendered and in donations taken.

Deer present one of the most dangerous road conditions for drivers on WV's roadways.

West Virginia has a 'horror' flick image that it frankly shares with Texas, the Lone Star State.

The West Virginia House of Delegates has given thumbs up to keeping West Virginia's gas tax at 32.2 cents a gallon.

West Virginia is famous for its vast coal formations, but there is another energy-producing resource that it has in abundance.

West Virginia's Public Service Commission has approved a 5 percent rate increase for Hope Gas Inc.

West Virginia's tax modernization project is back on, but that doesn't mean businesses and individuals should necessarily expect lower taxes in the near future.

Some of West Virginia 's largest cities can soon freeze and gradually pay down their daunting pension funding shortfalls, after the House of Delegates sent Gov.

On a slow Friday in March of 1980, then-Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd saw his granddaughter and her schoolmates in the spectators' gallery and decided to give them a lesson with a lengthy impromptu speech on the history of the Senate.

One of the top priorities of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., has been to represent his fellow West Virginians to the best of his ability in Washington.

West Virginia school boards worried about paying for retiree benefits may go without temporary relief from the Legislature, after the Senate Finance Committee voted Wednesday to reject Gov.

WASHINGTON a ' The Senate is a resolutely superlative place, so it was resolved that the august body today will open its session by saluting Sen.

LAWRENCE MESSINA Feds indict 5 in scam that allegedly fooled state agencies into paying $3.3M to fake companies CHARLESTON, W.Va. - CHARLESTON, W.Va. a ' A federal grand jury in West Virginia has linked five more people to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in several states into paying at least $3.3 million to bogus ...

A Morgantown-based company is getting help from the state to develop technology that will help researchers identify disease-specific proteins.

The state Public Service Commission's Consumer Advocate Division has come out in opposition to Frontier Communications Corp.'s proposed purchase of Verizon's wire line business in West Virginia and 13 other states.

Local high schools in southern West Virginia will take part in a veteran program.

A panel studying West Virginia's judicial system says the state needs another appeals court to lighten the state Supreme Court's caseload.

A new effort is being put forth by the State Parks in West Virginia. This holiday season they will be offering not only gift cards, but to each person who purchases a gift card, but an extra 100 dollar value called a oeSomething Extraa cards.

Gov. Joe Manchin is planning to host a private meeting on the future of coal in West Virginia with government, industry and labor representatives.

West Virginia cities with cash-strapped pension funds could be in store for some relief when the Legislature heads to the Capitol next week.