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RFK Jr. seeks dismissal of NIOSH lawsuit

CHARLESTON — A federal judge has already granted a preliminary injunction to halt layoffs within coal-related programs at the Morgantown National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health facility, but the leader of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants the entire case ...

ACLU-WV sues to block Morrisey’s religious vaccine exemptions

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of two parents Friday seeking to block an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey allowing for religious exemptions to the state school-age immunization program. Attorneys for the ACLU-WV ...

Washington County Grand Jury indicts 24

MARIETTA — The Washington County Grand Jury indicted a Marietta man for inducing panic, trespassing and aggravated menacing charges Wednesday. John D. Pugh, 45, was charged with one count of inducing panic, a fourth-degree felony, one count of criminal trespass, a fourth-degree ...