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 ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. A decade ago, the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year ...

Activists in the early 1990s pose with a sign during a landfill referendum. Photo provided by Gary Zuckett. In the late 1980s, the Rev. Jeff Allen was appointed to serve as pastor over a United ...

GOP voters rejected a high-ranking Republican who dared to suggest a minimal guardrail to the Hope Scholarship, while keeping one of the most prominent voices for science-based public health policy in ...

Earlier this year, West Virginians described unreliable internet that dropped during work calls, slowed online school lessons and forced some residents to drive miles just to upload files. Months ...

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

Kim Conrad has struggled to afford her electric bills and doesn't qualify for a payment plan. Her bills have ranged between $200 and $500. Photo by Tre Spencer / Mountain State Spotlight West ...

The Monongalia County 2026 "I Voted" sticker was created by Mackenzie Blizzard, an 8th-grade student at Trinity Christian School in Morgantown. On May 12, voters will elect officials to make decisions ...