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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

FILE - A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) Delegate Tristan Leavitt, a Kanawha County Republican, sat at his desk ...

As police departments across West Virginia rapidly deploy Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers, state lawmakers are raising serious concerns about digital security, accuracy, and data ...