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Lawyers for Justice Holdings are asking a circuit judge to quickly halt a foreclosure sale of about 400 lots at the Resort at Glade Springs.
Jim Justice
Justice Holdings is a company owned by the family of Senator Jim Justice, R-W.Va.
Several hundred lots owned by Justice Holdings are up for foreclosure sale at 9 a.m. Oct. 29, according to a legal notice in Friday’s Beckley Register-Herald.
The sale has been prompted by a longstanding dispute over homeowners fees at Glade Springs.
Lawyers for

A hearing in yet another court case over religious exemptions to school vaccination requirements has been set for 10 a.m. Wednesday in Kanawha Circuit Court.
This is awkwardly timed because a circuit judge in Raleigh County last week announced his intent to certify a class of families with similar claims. The class could cover the more than 570 families whose students are seeking admission to school all over the state after receiving religious exemptions from the state health department.
But

Parents of homeschool families have sent dozens of written messages to express frustration over the online purchasing system for school supplies through the Hope Scholarship, which provides financial support for families pursuing education outside the public school system.
Homeschool families cited delayed or pending orders, frequently mentioning wait times exceeding 10 days and expressed concern that their children would be unable to start school without necessary materials, according to

West Virginia public health officials acknowledge that families seeking religious exemptions to school vaccination policies do not have to elaborate on their beliefs.
All that families seeking such exemptions have to provide is the name of the student, the school, the parent’s name and the family’s mailing address along with a mention of religious exemptions to confirm that’s what the request is about.
The Department of Health accepts such applications as a self-evident statement of the

West Virginia needs to carefully balance implementation of work requirements for Medicaid with costs to the state and proceed with caution to be certain that people who are eligible for benefits aren’t knocked off the roles unnecessarily, a state legislative leader said.
About 504,000 people are enrolled in Medicaid in West Virginia. About 160,000 of those are in the Medicaid expansion population.
West Virginia’s Medicaid system faces significant changes through the recently-passed “Big,

Several hundred lots owned by Justice Holdings are up for foreclosure sale, according to a legal notice in this morning’s Beckley Register-Herald.
Jim Justice
Justice Holdings is company owned by the family of Senator Jim Justice, R-W.Va.
The sale is of almost 400 lots at Glade Springs Resort in Raleigh County where the Justice company has been at odds for several years with the community association over homeowners fees.
The special commissioner sale is listed for 9 a.m. Oct. 29.
Justice’s

A multi-day, high-profile hearing over religious exemptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination laws ended on a cliffhanger.
Michael Froble
After two days of testimony in September and two days of testimony this week, Raleigh Circuit Judge Michael Froble informed the court that he would not issue a ruling from the bench at today’s conclusion.
“I don’t believe at this point, I’m ready to make the ruling. I think that would be inappropriate without going back and carefully deliberating your

CHARLESTON, W.Va – A Charleston teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison, with the possibility of parole, after being sentenced for the murder of tobacco store clerk Caden Martin.
Barack Williams, 15, received the automatic sentence of life in prison with mercy, meaning he will be resentenced when he turns 18 and is eligible for parole in 15 years, at a hearing before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers on Wednesday.
Williams served as the lookout for a robbery that led to

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Flood recovery efforts continue across the state after two federal disaster declarations this year while officials told state lawmakers Tuesday they are preparing for change with the next disaster that could require assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Doug Buffington
Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Doug Buffington told members of the Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding a FEMA Review Council is meeting with groups across the

MOSSY, W.Va. — The northbound lanes of the West Virginia Turnpike reopened early Wednesday morning after a 12-vehicle pile-up in Fayette County that stalled traffic for about five hours.
The wreck was first reported at a few minutes after 10 p.m. Tuesday two miles north of the Mossy exit. It involved passenger vehicles and tractor trailers.
The highway reopened at around 3:40 a.m.
The West Virginia Parkways Authority put its detour plan into effect shortly after the crash. Northbound traffic was