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A judge ordered Chemours to stop polluting the Ohio River with cancer-linked chemicals from its West Virginia plant.
Sara Crickenberger to retire as MSS Executive Director and Ken Ward Jr. to lead editorial and business functions in an expanded role.
Tucker County residents fought for details of a data center campus planned in their community. Lawmakers made sure they couldn’t do anything about it.
West Virginians say their calls, emails, and meetings with members of Congress rarely get thoughtful responses. Here’s what readers told us.
Politicians said work requirements would get people back to work. They’ll actually kick poor and working people off Medicaid.
Despite Justice-era business investments and tax cuts fueled by COVID-funding, West Virginia still ranks last in job growth.
Transgender people are under the microscope in West Virginia. Over the last three years the state Legislature has ramped up bills to restrict medical treatment and limit protections for trans people.
When WV judges tried to help at-risk kids, they were investigated and told to stay silent. They aren’t giving up.
Those working with some of the state’s most vulnerable say food stamp cuts could be devastating to the state.