Over 180,000 acres of protected West Virginia national forests are being considered for logging and construction use.

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the ...

Many West Virginians will stop qualifying for Medicaid. A new rural healthcare fund won’t help them pay for care.

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia hears arguments on the first day of its Spring 2024 term on January 9, 2024. Photo courtesy WV Supreme Court of Appeals. In April 2025, the West Virginia ...

Mountain State Spotlight is pleased to announce that Kathambari “Kat” Ramkumar has returned to the organization as audience manager, a role where she will work with reporters to grow our audience and ...

Lawmakers have long sought to weaken the Board of Education’s independence. Here’s what to know about the latest court battle.

As the government and citizen groups settle their cases against Chemours, residents are taking the fight against PFAS contamination into their own hands.

An anti-data center sign displayed on a University Lane home in Point Pleasant near the Monarch Compute Campus. Photo by Elaine Matheny Mason County Commission President Rick Handley is not against ...

Twelve-year-old Amelia Johnson was born with a rare genetic anomaly and is nonverbal. Amelia’s mother was able to get a private school voucher specifically for children with disabilities — but ...