John Raby

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  • Jim JusticePolitics

    West Virginia’s former billionaire senator agrees to pay over $5 million in overdue personal taxes

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • TeacherLaw

    Jury awards $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student

    By The Associated Press, John Raby, and others
  • Jim JusticeEnergy

    Former billionaire turned governor turned senator tries to explain web of coal companies and net worth of ‘less than zero’

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • Lowe's catArts & Entertainment

    ‘Francine picked us. We didn’t pick her’: Lowe’s in Virginia welcomes back beloved store cat who vanished a month ago, found in another state

    By John Raby, Julie Walker, and others
  • West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, collects small pieces of coal left behind at the former Kay Moor coal town and camp in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve near Fayetteville, W.Va., Thursday, April 17, 2025Politics

    Teen pageant winner supports Trump’s coal push— ‘It’s not just coal, it’s our way of life’

    By Leah Willingham, John Raby, and others
  • And there’s snow too: Pedestrians cross a snowy street in downtown Kansas City, Mo., as a winter storm passed through the area on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Environment

    Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms

    By Ben Finley, John Raby, and others
  • Jim JusticePolitics

    West Virginia’s former billionaire governor is moonlighting as a high school girl’s basketball coach while running for Senate

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • West VirginiaPolitics

    America’s smoking-est state considers banning cigarette use in vehicles with kids present

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • Jim JusticePolitics

    West Virginia’s ex-billionaire governor is trying to stop a bank from auctioning off his resort property to recoup over $300 million of bad loans

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • Francisco FarabelloSuccess

    NCAA fears ‘perpetual and unchecked free agency’ after court ruling strikes down longstanding transfer policy

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • RaeQuan BattleSuccess

    ‘Let the kids play’: After bombshell NCAA transfer athlete ruling, movement builds to ease up on rule—for now

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • NCAASuccess

    NCAA’s longstanding practice of making transfers sit out a year challenged on antimonopoly grounds by 7 states

    By John Raby, Aaron Beard, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 19: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) questions Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmain Gary Gensler as Gensler testifies before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee July 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Gensler testified on “A Review of the FY2024 Budget for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.” (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Joe Manchin, Democratic senator in deep-red West Virginia, says he won’t seek reelection next year

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • West Virginia University studentsSuccess

    West Virginia University wants to cut 32 majors because enrollment is down 10% and it’s got a $45 million hole in its budget

    By Leah Willingham, John Raby, and others
  • Don BlankenshipPolitics

    3 reporters claim their newspaper fired them for protesting an interview with ‘Trumpier than Trump’ ex-convict coal baron Don Blankenship

    By John Raby and The Associated Press