West Virginia legislators created the Future Fund to save severance tax revenues for the future. It never received a deposit.

Last year, private company Majestic Care bought four state-owned nursing homes, which for decades had been run by the state. Some families and workers were fearful of cuts while others were hopeful.

Ryan Elkins is the CEO and founder of Lincoln County Community Outreach, an organization that works to bring meals and groceries to families throughout the county. Courtesy Photo. YAWKEY— For more ...

At least two West Virginians are dead, dozens of homes are damaged and communities across north central West Virginia are left picking up the pieces in the wake of another major flood. Just a decade ...

Tim Balthis, a former miner and mine foreman in Kentucky and Virginia, has complicated, or advanced-stage, black lung disease. Photo by Marcy Freeman, New Beginnings Pulmonary Rehab Respiratory ...

Abby Mitchell is a medical student at the WVU School of Medicine's Charleston campus. She volunteers with the Charleston Homelessness and Street Medicine Mission project, taking basic medical care to ...

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