By JUSTIN D. ANDERSON The state Board of Education wants to intervene in ongoing lawsuits against the beleaguered South Branch Career and Technical Center in Grant County and wants the litigation sent to Charleston.

By JUSTIN D. ANDERSON Two of the five e-mails West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard sent to Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship criticize one of Maynard's challengers in last spring's primary election - Menis Ketchum. Both e-mails were sent to Blankenship on Oct.

By JUSTIN D. ANDERSON More than two months after the law took effect, the state hasn't started compiling a mental health registry meant to prevent potentially dangerous individuals from buying a gun.

By JUSTIN D. ANDERSON The state has spent $2.6 million and produced only a few truckloads of compost from deer killed on highways in the last three years. So unlike Maryland, West Virginia has no plans to expand the practice.

By Justin D. Anderson, Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. Jul. 31--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state has spent $2.6 million and produced only a few truckloads of compost from deer killed on highways in the last three years. So unlike Maryland, West Virginia has no plans to expand the practice.