West Virginia 2026 Voter Guide Election Day is November 3. Here’s what you need to know. While U.S. president isn’t on the ...

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 ...

Voters rejected an amendment supported by Gov. Gaston Caperton in 1989 to give the Legislature and the governor oversight of the school board by a 9-to-1 margin. In 2022, 58% of voters rejected a ...

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

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 ...

We’re reporters, not teachers. We were able to start private schools anyway.

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 ...