Maggie Hutchison of Lewisburg has joined Mountain State Spotlight’s Board of Directors. Hutchison served more than 25 years ...

Every month, select stories on our website will be available for West Virginians to listen to, making our reporting more ...

In its funding bill, Congress is cutting funding to teach families to eat healthy. Organizers had no choice but to cut some programs.

President Donald Trump speaks to media on board Air Force One before arriving at Abu Dhabi International Airport, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ...

West Virginians on both sides of the aisle are stepping up and running for office for the first time. Last weekend, “No Kings” protests broke out in a dozen communities across the state, all opposing ...

“Colored People: A Memoir” follows the coming-of-age story of literary critic and professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr., as a young black man in Piedmont, West Virginia. This memoir offers insight into how ...

Under the bill, an estimated 40,000 West Virginians could be tossed off Medicaid, while 28,000 families with children could lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, previously ...

Not all AmeriCorps programs were affected by the initial cuts. But programs that didn’t lose workers, such as senior programs, are also at risk because President Donald Trump’s budget outline includes ...

State and local officials oppose relying on Elon Musk’s Starlink instead of fiber for West Virginia’s $1.2 billion broadband expansion. The program is currently delayed as the Trump administration ...

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