W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFollowing Cabell County and Huntington’s loss of their opioid lawsuit, the localities appealed that decision. Now the state supreme court is involved, and the city and the county have filed a 40-page brief with the court - asking it to see things their way.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis year every county in West Virginia, except Cabell County, is set to begin receiving opioid settlement funds, totalling over 400 million dollars from a nearly statewide lawsuit that was won in 2022. Cabell County, and its largest city, Huntington, decided to bring their own joint lawsuit. They lost that suit in 2022, despite suing with the same claim that was used in successful state and nationwide lawsuits that the pharmaceutical companies had created a “public nuisance.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has launched a new www.courtswv.gov website. In a release, the court noted it’s designed to “enhance the public’s ability to find information about the state court system and its work.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia’s highest courts are hitting the road this month as part of Constitution Day events at Concord and Marshall universities.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLongtime West Virginia democratic legislator and jurist Warren McGraw, who suffered from Parkinson's Disease, passed away Wednesday at the age of 84.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHutchison, who has 45 years legal experience, 30 of those served as a judge and two as Chief Justice, reflects on his experience and offers his insight into the current judicial system.
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