One in three fire departments in West Virginia is at risk of getting hit by a flood. Climate change is amplifying the risk to ...

For hundreds of West Virginians waiting for medical, dental and vision care, the insurance they have isn’t enough. The need has only grown.

Mountain State Spotlight talked with retiring UMWA President Cecil Roberts about a life leading the nation’s coal miners ...

In a 49-page ruling, a three-judge appeals panel found that West Virginia’s nuisance law could be applied to the distribution ...

After Mountain State Spotlight obtained six months of visitor logs from the Governor’s Office, they stopped writing it down.

West Virginians relying on food stamps are hoping the government reopens. Politicians are busy blaming each other.

Chuck Crookshanks stands in front of his house, which he estimated is about 200 yards away from the Ohio River. Photo by Allen Siegler. In the 1990s, when Chuck Crookshanks worked as a teacher at ...

An excavated mountain and highwalls on the western side of the Twilight mining complex owned by Lexington Coal Company in Lindytown, West Virginia (Dane Rhys, special to ProPublica) This article was ...

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., attends a ribbon cutting ceremony at WVU Medicine Thomas Orthopedic Hospital in Charleston, W.Va. on Oct. 29. Capito voted for the "Big Beautiful Bill" ...

As West Virginia’s foster care system struggles to hire and retain workers amid low pay and overwhelming caseloads, it stresses foster families and keeps kids from getting the attention they need.

Solar panels on a roof. Photo by Jon Callas/Flickr. Mike Hedrick never thought he would own solar panels — not because of a lack of interest, but rather the high cost associated with installing the ...

Sadie Kendall spent most of her childhood in the state of West Virginia’s custody, bouncing between foster homes, shelters, group homes and in-patient treatment centers. Photo by Duncan Slade / ...