About a week after Mountain State Spotlight wrote about Clay County’s only childcare center, House Speaker Roger Hanshaw ...

West Virginia’s two U.S. Representatives, both staunch supporters of President Donald Trump, asked for $250 million to address the state’s drinking water crisis. But the Trump administration proposes ...

Childcare workers earn less than a living wage, families spend a large chunk of their income on care and many counties lack enough providers.

West Virginia only has six OSHA inspectors for 60,000 workplaces in the state, meaning many dangerous job sites go years without oversight. Here’s why.

Outside interests spent more than $750,000 to keep the status quo on the state’s two appeals courts. Voters rejected their candidates.

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 ...

West Virginia 2026 Primary Election results 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 ...

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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 ...

Reporters and editors at Mountain State Spotlight have been asking folks: What should candidates be focused on during this 2026 election season? Over 200 West Virginians have responded to a survey ...

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 ...