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.

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 ...

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 ...

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments in two cases where inmates have died and families are arguing deliberate indifference at 10 a.m. on Sept. 8. Photo by J. Alex ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announces a $40 million shortfall in TANF funding during a May 18, 2026 press conference. Courtesy photo. In May, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced a West Virginia program that ...

Water covers cars in the parking lot of the Weston Hampton Inn during the July 21, 2026 flood. Photo courtesy of Charles Bub. On July 21, 2026, a deluge of rain hit Lewis and Upshur counties, ...