West Virginia News

Aggregated West Virginia News Articles

• Man accused of shooting father in face with crossbow captured after snowy manhunt
  
  A West Virginia man was arrested after allegedly shooting his father in the face with a crossbow and leading police on a snowy multicounty manhunt.
  Fox News.  Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:01:07 -0400.
• Virginia Dems send sweeping gun ban to Spanberger as West Virginia weighs expanding machine-gun access
  
  Virginia Democrats advance sweeping assault weapons ban while West Virginia Republicans propose allowing machine gun ownership, highlighting sharp divide.
  Fox News.  Sat, 14 Mar 2026 06:00:30 -0400.
• American Water Unit Gets Rate Hike Nod, Supports Ongoing Investments
  
  AWK unit wins West Virginia rate hike approval and is set to add $20.5M in annual revenues as new water and wastewater rates take effect on March 1, 2026.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:37:00 GMT.
• Women's Bracketology: How did the Power 4 finals affect the bracket?
  
  UConn dominated, Texas locked up the No. 3 overall seed, Duke moved to a No. 2 and West Virginia should host NCAA tournament games.
  Charlie Creme.  ESPN.  Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:11 EST.
• Women's Bracketology: Championship Sunday brings clarity to No. 1 seeds, top 16
  
  Texas locked up the No. 3 overall seed, Duke moved to a No. 2 and West Virginia should host tournament games.
  Charlie Creme.  ESPN.  Mon, 9 Mar 2026 19:15:28 EST.
• Justice Department Sues 5 States, Most Republican-Led, for Voter Data
  
  The Trump administration sued Utah, Oklahoma and West Virginia, as well as Kentucky and New Jersey, to obtain unredacted voter registration databases in pursuit of baseless claims of voter fraud.
  Chris Cameron.  New York Times.  Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:40:42 +0000.
• Plus-size West Virginia mother sobs as she is jailed for starving daughter, 14, to death
  
  Julie Miller received the maximum penalty for the April 2024 death of her daughter, 14, who was found 'emaciated' and lying on the bathroom floor of the family's West Virginia home.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:44:51 GMT.
• West Virginia Sues Apple, Congress Batters Zuckerberg: Is First Domino In Child Abuse Fight Finally Falling?
  
  'Preserving the privacy of child predators is absolutely inexcusable'
  Mary Rooke.  Daily Caller.  Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:46:21 +0000.
• Apple sued by West Virginia for alleged failure to stop child sexual abuse material on iCloud, iOS devices
  
  The lawsuit accuses Apple of prioritizing privacy branding and its own business interests over child safety.
  CNBC.  Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:17:37 GMT.
• ICE arrested 650 in West Virginia in January; state hailed 'professionalism' of agents
  
  ICE quietly surged personnel into West Virginia in January, netting 650 illegal immigrants -- all without the violent pushback and chaos that's erupted in places such as Minnesota.
  Stephen Dinan.  Washington Times.  Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:39:42 -0500.

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