November 9, 2023 Joe Manchin not running for re-election in 2024 FOX News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., deciding not to seek re-election as he polls 13 points behind West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice for his seat.
November 9, 2023 Sen. Joe Manchin announces he will not seek Senate re-election Democrat West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has announced he will not be seeking re-election to the Senate next year in what is expected to be a favorable pickup opportunity for the GOP.
November 8, 2023 WV settlement reached in lawsuit over 'inhumane' jail conditions A settlement has been reached in a West Virginia lawsuit filed by current and former inmates of the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver. The lawsuit cited inhumane jail conditions.
November 7, 2023 WV local government officials to receive millions in opioid settlement funds West Virginia is set to receive approximately $1 billion in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers and distributors. Funding will then be allocated to local governments.
November 2, 2023 WV corrections officers plead guilty to felony conspiracy in inmate's fatal beating Two corrections officers from West Virginia's Southern Regional Jail have pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy in connection with an inmate's fatal beating.
October 31, 2023 West Virginia University VP out after sweeping staff cuts Rob Alsop, West Virginia University's vice president for strategic initiatives, is set to step down from his position Nov. 18, before leaving the school entirely at the end of January.
October 31, 2023 Gov. Justice appoints Spencer, WV utility clerk to House of Delegates Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Tuesday the appointment of Spencer-based administrative clerk Erica Moore to an empty House of Delegates seat.
October 27, 2023 Huntington, WV mayor launches longshot bid for governorship Democratic Mayor Steve Williams of Huntington, West Virginia, filed on Thursday his run for the deep-red Mountain State's governorship.
October 25, 2023 West Virginia man indicted on murder charge in Alex Carter's 2000 disappearance A special grand jury has indicted Larry Webb, now in his eighties, under suspicion of murder in connection with the 2000 disappearance of Natasha "Alex" Carter.
October 18, 2023 Kentucky towboat owner who spilled oil into a river along West Virginia pleads guilty David K. Smith, the owner of a towboat that discharged oil into a river along West Virginia and Kentucky, has pleaded guilty to a federal pollution charge.