Justices question need for additional court in West Virginia
West Virginia justices publicly question the need for a midlevel appeals court after rejecting appeals involving 664 million in damages. They warn of high costs and bureaucratic expansion, while lawmakers urge careful study rather than knee-jerk legislation. The case outcomes, including 260 million against Massey Energy and 404 million against NiSource and Chesapeake Energy, spurred the debate.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Brent Benjamin
Larry Starcher
Robin Davis
Davis
Benjamin
Joseph Albright
Massey Energy
NiSource
Chesapeake Energy
U.S. Supreme Court
Chesapeake
Albright
Senate
Jeff Kessler
Kessler
Marshall
National Center For State Courts
New Hampshire
Table games prompt hotel expansion near Nitro track
CROSS LANES AP Hotels push growth around Tri-State Racetrack as Comfort Inn Cross Lanes completes a 3 million makeover adding 31 rooms and a 1 million pool while two nearby hotels rise near Nitro. Tri-State plans a 250 million expansion with 250 rooms and conference facilities, aiming for a table games license next month and potential gambling by August.
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Nitro
Cross Lanes
Tri- State Racetrack & Gaming Center
Comfort Inn
Cindy Bagwell
Tri-State
Bagwell
Investigators test locomotive in West Virginia mine fatality
Government experts examine a locomotive involved in a fatal accident at Consol Energy's Robinson Run No 95 mine in Harrison County. Officials say Gary Hoffman, 55, was killed after being thrown from or jumping from the locomotive as it derailed and traveled 175 feet.
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Wyatt
West Virginia
Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training
Jama Jarrett
Gary Hoffman
Consol Energy
Robinson Run
Harrison County
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Hoffman
17-year-old boy drowns in Rappahannock River near Falmouth
Divers search for the body of a 17-year-old boy who drowned in the Rappahannock River at Falmouth Virginia. He was with a Hyattsville Maryland church group when witnesses saw him go under the water around 2:30 p.m. Authorities have not released his identity.
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Rappahannock River
Falmouth, Va
Falmouth
Washington
Mark Stone
Stafford County Fire and Rescue Service
Hyattsville
Va set to execute triple killer Tuesday in Virginia
Percy Walton, 29, on death row for robbing and killing three neighbors in Danville in 1996, is scheduled for lethal injection at 9 p.m. Tuesday, potentially the 100th execution in Virginia since 1976. His mental competency has been questioned, with governors delaying and ordering evaluations, while Walton and his lawyers describe severe mental illness.
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Schmond
Virginia
Percy Walton
Danville
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Walton
Timothy M. Kaine
Kaine
Supreme Court
Nash Bilisoly
Burger King
Associated Press
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