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YMCA After School Counselor, Virginia Hoffman-Oldham, helps students in 2nd and 3rd grades complete homework in the classroom at the YMCA's Cross Lanes facility. Photo by Tre Spencer / Mountain State ...

WV Invests has subsidized since 2019, college degrees for students who stay and work here. The state isn’t measuring what alumni are doing.

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 ...

West Virginia Department of Health Secretary Arvin Singh talks progress selecting recipients of the Rural Health Transformation Program fund during a legislative meeting on Sept. 15, 2026. Photo by ...

ROCKPORT — Kim Sargent keeps an eye on the weather. It’s how she decides when to do her laundry as most of the water that flows through Sargent’s home comes from the rainwater she collects. “If it ...

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 ...