In a world where retirement security increasingly feels like an impossible dream, Bluefield stands as proof that satisfying, comfortable retirement living remains possible on a monthly budget of ...

The tax situation in West Virginia offers additional advantages for retirees living on Social Security. The state exempts Social Security benefits from state income tax and offers deductions on other ...

Almost all employees of the Town of Terra Alta stand to potentially lose their jobs as a result of the town’s ongoing budget ...

Under Gov. Patrick Morrisey, the state has spent more than $700,000 in emergency purchases in an effort to fix glaring issues ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gordon Gee owns somewhere around 2,000 bow ties. About half are “in retirement,” gradually being repurposed into quilts for his granddaughters. A couple dozen or so hang in his ...

On the banks of the Ohio River in a rural corner of one of America's poorest states sit two ... Ravenswood, West Virginia, is a town built on aluminium. Since the 1950s, the wonder-metal has ...

With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), these villagers in the narrow strip of land in West Africa had been ... in trying to collect data from the poorest and most vulnerable populations.

Continuing on his way, Drew passes through several eerie ghost towns ... to America's poorest county not knowing what kind of people I would meet. 'But this small corner of West Virginia is ...

I'm going to visit the poorest towns in the dead state of West Virginia, which was once fueled by its booming coal mine industry,' he began. The 24-year-old started his journey off by heading to a ...

the typical household in West Virginia earns $50,884 a year, though there are many places in the state where incomes are far lower. Of the 143 towns in the state with available data, Williamson ranks ...