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 ...

GOP voters rejected a high-ranking Republican who dared to suggest a minimal guardrail to the Hope Scholarship, while keeping ...

Voters approved seven school levies during Tuesday’s primary election. Three measures were rejected in Summers, Hardy and ...

West Virginia 2026 Primary Election results West Virginians voted Tuesday to decide who will run in the November general ...

West Virginia voters say rising power costs are becoming harder to afford, while lawmakers push to support data centers and the coal industry.

A PAC backed by conservative activist Leonard Leo has spent $269,000 in support of Judge Dan Greear’s race for the ...

West Virginians share top election concerns: jobs, schools, healthcare, infrastructure and data center oversight.

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 ...

Josh Sword is the president of the West Virginia chapter of the AFL-CIO union representing over 575 affiliated unions in the state. Courtesy photo. Two workers died and another 19 were injured last ...

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 ...