Five months ago, West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue officials told residents throughout the state who had leased their oil and natural gas rights for production to trust them. State employees were working to correct inaccurate mineral rights appraisals that are used to determine ...

We’ve heard it for decades. West Virginia is among the unhealthiest states in the country — and for many reasons that are preventable. Among those reasons is our inability to kick tobacco. A new report by Truth Initiative says that makes us part of what the group refers to as “Tobacco ...

Ohio and West Virginia are preparing to welcome back-to-school shoppers with sales tax holidays on the most-used school supplies. In the Buckeye State, the holiday will run from 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Aug. 6. In the Mountain State, meanwhile, the holiday will run from 12:01 a.m. ...

“Something always starts with a spark that gets people’s interest and involvement in the issue. This could be the one thing that does that for K-9 officers across the state,” said state Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, in announcing a petition to make it a felony in West Virginia to injure or ...

As West Virginia University continues the process of rightsizing the institution, President E. Gordon Gee is right to be optimistic about the school’s future. “I am confident that we will get through these next few challenging months because I believe in West Virginia University,” Gee ...

With the start of school just around the corner, West Virginia parents are still preparing to send their children to what one report deems the 48th worst schools in the country. It’s not dead last, that’s true. But it is still simply unacceptable. WalletHub’s 2023’s “States with the ...