Associated Press

West Virginia health officials say tests show bacteria that causes the severe form of pneumonia known as Legionnaires’ disease has resurfaced at the Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington. In April the hospital replaced all faucets and a hot water heater and installed a recirculation pump after the bacteria first was detected in two sinks in the hospital’s administration building. The building did not house patients. The bacteria in the latest tests was found in the same places as in April: a CEO restroom and a former human resources break room in a basement.

An appeals panel found that U.S. District Judge Chuck Chambers erred last year when he ordered West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner to establish a new way to determine the order that candidates appear on ballots during the state’s elections.

A resolution to legal issues between West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family and businesses and Virginia-based Carter Bank & Trust has been reached.

A federal bankruptcy judge is prepared to rule Wednesday, Sept. 1, on whether to accept a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the states and thousands of local governments over an opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the last two decades.

West Virginia officials say they still haven't discovered why diseased birds were found in the state's Eastern Panhandle but continue to advise people in two counties not to feed birds for now.

A lawsuit filed by the state of West Virginia accusing several drug manufacturers of misrepresenting the risks of their painkilling drugs will go to trial next April, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday.