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Senator Shelley Moore Capito is in line to ascend to the fourth most powerful position on the Senate GOP leadership team when elections are held Wednesday. Capito is unopposed, so unless something unexpected happens, the West Virginian will be the next chair of the Republican Policy Committee.

Donald Trump endorsed Jim Justice in the U.S. Senate race in West Virginia and Justice supported Donald Trump. Unofficial results from the 2024 General Election show the two candidates had remarkably similar results in West Virginia.

West Virginia state government must get out of the hospital business, and the sooner the better.

Siding with Donald Trump has obvious political advantages. His sweeping victory in the election helped carry Republicans to a majority in the Senate and preserved their majority in the House of Representatives.

Siding with Donald Trump has obvious political advantages. His sweeping victory in the election helped carry Republicans to a majority in the Senate and preserved their majority in the House

Fifty-six years ago, Wednesday, massive explosions and fires engulfed Consolidation Coal Company’s Farmington #9 mine in Marion County. The West Virginia Encyclopedia described the scene this way: “A large cloud of black smoke and red flames spewed from the pit opening, rock and debris were catapulted from the mine.”

A new poll finds that younger people are less likely to favor the death penalty than older Americans. The Gallup poll found that “less than half of U.S. adults born after 1980—those in the Millennial and Generation Z birth cohorts—favor the death penalty. At the same time, roughly six in ten adults in older generations favor such laws.”

None of President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees will face opposition from West Virginia’s newest U.S. Senator. Republican Governor Jim Justice, who won election to the Senate earlier this month, said during a media briefing Tuesday, “Absolutely I am supportive of his choices because I’ve got that level of faith in him. I’ll support all the choices.”

The first round of the West Virginia high school football playoffs will be played this Friday and Saturday after being postponed for a week due to a court fight. The path for finally playing the games was cleared following a State Supreme Court decision released Tuesday.

Donald Trump endorsed Jim Justice in the U.S. Senate race in West Virginia and Justice supported Donald Trump. Unofficial results from the 2024 General Election show the two candidates had remarkably similar results in West Virginia.