In May, President Trump announced plans to cut $2.75 billion in digital equity funding. The funding would have helped teach seniors and kids basic computer skills and close West Virginia’s digital ...

For about a decade at the Burnsville Public Library, Beth Anderson has taught seniors and young adults how to set up email accounts, write resumes and book online doctors’ appointments. Anderson, the ...

Gov. Morrisey said “sweeping reforms” to CPS will protect kids in state custody. In reality, unfunded changes will put more ...

Every month, select stories on our website will be available for West Virginians to listen to, making our reporting more ...

Maggie Hutchison of Lewisburg has joined Mountain State Spotlight’s Board of Directors. Hutchison served more than 25 years ...

Currently, Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power credit solar customers for the excess energy they generate at the same rate the two companies charge for power, a policy known as net metering. That ...

In its funding bill, Congress is cutting funding to teach families to eat healthy. Organizers had no choice but to cut some programs.

The state’s new PFAS Protection Act intends to focus on contamination identified by a 2022 U.S. Geological Survey study of the state’s water treatment facilities. That study found nearly half of the ...

West Virginians on both sides of the aisle are stepping up and running for office for the first time. Last weekend, “No Kings” protests broke out in a dozen communities across the state, all opposing ...

West Virginia Health Right CEO Angie Settle did not return multiple interview requests made over a three week period, but in response to questions sent via email, she wrote that harm reduction ...

The nine-school-day strike prompted Gov. Jim Justice to pledge a fix and announce a PEIA task force to propose solutions. The 29-member group went on listening tours across the state, and ultimately ...