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Morrisey’s data center law promises local input and protections, but key principles aren’t backed by law.

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Conflicting statements about a Tucker County data center expose gaps in West Virginia’s fragmented permitting system.

One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...

After a 2017 fire, lawmakers promised warehouse chemical disclosure rules. Another Parkersburg blaze exposed the same gap.

Schools across West Virginia are closing rapidly. Communities want elected officials to listen and fix the problems causing them to close.

40 years ago, communities fought against out-of-state garbage being dumped in West Virginia. Now, they’re fighting against data centers.

West Virginia continues taking Social Security survivors’ benefits from orphaned foster children to fund foster care.

West Virginia continues taking Social Security survivors’ benefits from orphaned foster children to fund foster care.

James Bruggers, whose decades of environmental reporting in Kentucky and beyond helped win cleaner air and cleaner water, is dead at 68.

150 people turned out for a panel discussion in Davis on the future of West Virginia and their community as data centers continue to expand.

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EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencils down.”

EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencil...

EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencil...

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 Intermediate Court of Appeals.

For decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program’s work and directed agency offices to review...

As West Virginia University’s independent student newspaper, The Daily Athenaeum serves as the watchdog for the University. The DA reports on the campus community as a whole, from new programs

West Virginia recorded 40 workplace deaths, ranking 7th worst in the nation, as labor leaders warn federal safety rollbacks could put more workers at risk.

Primary election day is May 12. Here are the candidates on the ballot in every West Virginia county.

Primary election day is May 12. Here are the candidates on the ballot in every West Virginia county.

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Kanawha Valley chemical incident claims two lives. Owner of Institute facility has history of workplace safety violations

Ethics watchdog calls it “an obvious conflict of interest.” Plus, three U.S. senators seek information from Fundamental Data.

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The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

As the 2026 session came to a close, many of the state’s biggest challenges, from rising power bills to public schools, saw little progress.

Weak enforcement has allowed West Virginia's abandoned oil and gas well problem to spiral. Fixing it could support thousands of jobs.

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

State agencies have worked alongside immigration officers to make unconstitutional arrests. Elected officials wouldn’t answer questions about it.

“If the government may simply seize someone without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize anyone,” one judge wrote.

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s foster care plan brings kids back to West Virginia, but it still leaves the state overreliant on group homes.

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The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston ordered the release of a third immigrant detained by ICE in West Virginia.

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

President Trump’s immigration crackdown has come to West Virginia, prompting ICE raids that threaten to trample the Constitution

President Trump’s immigration crackdown has come to West Virginia, prompting ICE raids that threaten to trample the Constitution