Friday, May 24 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-24 14:36:25 GMT
Inmates at West Virginia's minimum- and medium-security prisons soon will sow seeds and tend plants as part of an initiative to grow produce for the state's largest food bank.
Inmates at West Virginia's minimum- and medium-security prisons soon will sow seeds and tend plants as part of an initiative to grow produce for the state's largest food bank.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:11 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:11:37 GMT
A federal judge in the northern district of West Virginia has withdrawn her order certifying a question to the state Supreme Court in a case dealing with horizontal wells.
A federal judge in the northern district of West Virginia has withdrawn her order certifying a question to the state Supreme Court in a case dealing with horizontal wells.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:30 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:30:42 GMT
WAYNE, WV (AP) — About 20 Wayne High School students are barred from the school's graduation ceremony because of a senior prank that damaged the building.
WAYNE, WV (AP) — About 20 Wayne High School students are barred from the school's graduation ceremony because of a senior prank that damaged the building.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's prison reform bill has cleared its first major hurdle, passing the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The committee voted unanimously March 6 to advance the legislation. It is scheduled for another stop at the Senate Finance Committee before it can go to a vote by the full Senate.
Along with education reform, prison reform is the highest profile issue on Tomblin's agenda.
The wide-ranging prison bill aims to ease overcrowding in prisons by increasing supervision and drug testing following prisoners' release along with reducing the number of inmates who are returned to prison for minor parole or probation violations.
Some senators warned that if the bill did not pass, the state could be sued by prisoners because of the overcrowding. In other states, that has led to courts ordering a certain number of prisoners to be immediately released.
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