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A new law will reduce orphaned well cleanup costs — but doesn’t prevent more wells from becoming the state’s problem.
Regulators imposed new reporting requirements for utilities, created a new pole inspection database and a working group to ...
Rural West Virginians lack ERs, addiction treatment and infant care. Congress is rushing through a bill to make survival even ...
When WV judges tried to help at-risk kids, they were investigated and told to stay silent. They aren’t giving up.
County commissions -- without any oversight from the West Virginia First Foundation -- have been tasked with creating their own processes and distributing their 24.5% share of the opioid settlement ...
Shari Stephens, director of the county’s family resource center, says things are the toughest she’s ever seen. “I’ve had more ...
For two hours every Thursday and Friday, Randall Brown gathers a handful of people in front of a whiteboard. They sit on a couch or armchairs on either side – the walls filled with colorful drawings ...
In May, President Trump announced plans to cut $2.75 billion in digital equity funding. The funding would have helped teach ...
Currently, Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power credit solar customers for the excess energy they generate at the same rate the two companies charge for power, a policy known as net metering. That ...
A West Virginia nutrition program that costs just about $4 million a year has helped families learn to garden and prepare healthy food. As organizers worry that Congress will soon wipe out funding, ...