West Virginians need buses to get to work, medical appointments and grocery stores. Lawmakers advanced no new transit funding ...

Coming from different walks of life, here’s the story behind why five people have decided to run on the Democratic ticket this year.

Debate over issues West Virginians care about can last for hours during a 60-day legislative session. But no amount of floor speeches about clean water, saving lives from flooding ...

A new law redacts a donor’s employer from campaign finance statements, making it harder to determine who is funding a politician.

After Mountain State Spotlight reporting, West Virginia lawmakers passed bills expanding support for foster youth and kinship caregivers.

Noel Mitchell, a health educator with the WVU Extension Family Nutrition Program, helps a student shop during a free kids market in Raleigh County. During kids markets, farmers come to schools and set ...

Ashley Bunch and her son Otis traveled to the West Virginia Capitol on Feb. 16, to advocate for clean drinking water. Photo by Henry Culvyhouse / Mountain State Spotlight Jake Frye doesn’t trust the ...

Coming from different walks of life, here’s the story behind why five people have decided to run on the Democratic ticket this year.

As the 2026 session came to a close, many of the state’s biggest challenges, from rising power bills to public schools, saw ...

Cecil Roberts, who was vice president of the mine workers speaks to striking miners at the Pittston strike in 1989. The UMWA led a strike against the Pittston Coal Company whose leadership had said ...