Government

Gov. Jim Justice has approved the promised 15 percent raises for direct service employees with the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act brought renewed attention to the underpinnings of modern life. But improving infrastructure can mean different things even in the same state.

A jury in West Virginia has awarded $7 million in a product liability lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. to the family of a woman who died when her Mustang was involved in a fiery crash.

The terminal project qualifies for grants from the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which both senators supported.

Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday that West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is now 3.6 percent. That sets a record for the lowest unemployment rate in state history.

A West Virginia city was ordered Tuesday to stop opening its council meetings with The Lord’s Prayer.

West Virginia will receive millions of dollars from the federal government to help provide housing across the state.

Last week, federal officers arrested West Virginia National Guard aerospace medical technician, Sgt. Jamie Lynn Ferguson. The 45-year-old Virginia resident faces four federal charges.

A part-time member of the West Virginia National Guard who authorities say was wearing a sweatshirt that read “Yes, I'm a Trump girl” inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda has been charged with participating in the January 2021 riot.

Individual recipients include the Fayette and Lewis county commissions, the Morgantown Utility Board, the Paden City Development Authority and the state Department of Environmental Protection.