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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Chemours Company plant in Wood County must comply with pollution limits for “forever chemicals” and spend millions of dollars for additional upgrades to reduce toxic discharges, under a settlement ...

Riley Moore holds up a jar of water from a tap in McDowell County during a June 3 meeting of the House Appropriations Committee. Photo by House Appropriations Committee Official Channel Rep. Riley ...

A view of the area that houses several chemical plants including the Bayer CropScience plant on Thursday, April 23, 2009 in Institute, W.Va. A blast occurred at the plant on August 28, 2008. Two ...

West Virginians voted Tuesday to decide who will run in the November general election for the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and the state Legislature. Judges are nonpartisan positions and will ...

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 ...

Railroad tracks run from the bottom of the mountain up to the proposed data center site on what remains of the a coal mine in Wharncliffe. Photo by Henry Culvyhouse / Mountain State Spotlight ...

The latest in a long history of chemical plant leaks, fires and explosions has claimed two lives and injured at least 19 people at a metal refining company located outside of Charleston. Workers at ...