West Virginia
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Importing eggs won’t lower prices, experts say
By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service …
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
West Virginians recognized at new National Medal of Honor Museum
The stories of 57 West Virginians who've received the Medal of Honor, the highest military award, will be on display at the new National Medal of …
Monday, March 24, 2025
Morgantown residents will soon decide whether to veto camping ban
Next month, the city of Morgantown, West Virginia, will ask residents to vote on whether to keep or eliminate a city ordinance banning camping on …
WV lawmakers move to speed voter purges, tighten absentee ballot rules
Absentee ballot restrictions and shortening the amount of time it takes to purge inactive voters from the voting rolls are priorities for West Virgini…
Bill aims to weaken WV coal and gas industry chemical tank regulations
Lawmakers in the West Virginia Senate have passed a bill to remove mandated inspections for chemical storage tanks in the oil, coal and gas …
Report: West Virginia’s prison population on the decline
West Virginia is among just ten states whose prison population declined between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from the Prison Policy …
Environmental groups sue over permit for West Virginia valley fills
West Virginia environmental groups are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arguing the agency failed to consider residents' health when it gave …
SNAP cuts could wreak havoc on West Virginia’s economy
The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is on the chopping block in Congress. A House budget resolution would cut $30 billion in SNAP …
WV officials expected to let coal company evade water-pollution cleanup
Watchdog groups said the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection seems poised to allow coal company Keystone West Virginia to walk away f…
Expert: 'Eating local' may not be best solution for fighting climate change
By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Coll…
Bill to increase penalties could overpopulate WV prisons
A bill pending in the West Virginia Legislature would increase the length of penalties for "serious" felony convictions, but critics have said it …
Advocates: WV tourism gains threatened by federal job cuts
With West Virginia's tourism industry seeing dramatic growth in recent years, conservation groups are sounding the alarm about layoffs of federal …