John Denver called West Virginia "almost heaven," but the state remains underrated. Its mountain region is full of charm and ...

The Virginia Department of Transportation along with volunteer fire and rescue departments in the county and career staff have worked ... Summers and Wayne counties in West Virginia.

On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, our guests join host Rick Johnson to discuss rural broadband, ...

Last month, the Yale School of Public Health released a study that documented changes in life expectancy across all states over the past century. The study focused on how economic ...

Fentanyl continues to be the main driver behind West Virginia’s overdose crisis. But the state prohibits more of the ...

(AP) — One state's effort to exempt young school-aged children from vaccines appears to have stalled as states contend with a burgeoning measles outbreak. In January, West Virginia Republican Gov.

Local news stories from West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Whether it’s important news events, interesting features about people and places, the latest in environmental news, stories about ...

During Tuesday night’s Fairmont City Council meeting, a public hearing was held, followed by the second and final reading of an ordinance concerning the establishment and regulation of Private ...

Climate change has inexorably stacked the deck in favor of bigger and more intense fires across the American West over the past ... and other climate-related changes have vastly increased the ...

States like Florida and West Virginia have also struggled with prison staffing shortages. West Virginia temporarily deployed its contingent of the National Guard for a two-year stretch while the ...

Two-thirds of the Rosenwald Schools in Virginia have been demolished. “It’s also a testament, I think, to maybe a lack of attention given to this aspect of our history,” Sherry said.