Lori Kersey

Homelessness grew by more than 8% in West Virginia from 2024 to 2025, but decreased in the rest of the country, according to estimates released by the federal government.

The West Virginia Supreme Court has not issued a ruling into whether the odor of marijuana alone was probable cause for a search.

Most voters in West Virginia support keeping school vaccination requirements, according to a poll released in June 2026 and conducted by Virginia-based political polling agency Cygnal and the Infectious Disease Prevention Network, a pro-vaccine advocacy organization. That poll did not include questions about religious and philosophical exemptions, though.

Men charged in a foiled domestic terror plot intended for the Ultimate Fighting Championship match on the White House lawn Sunday meant to target

Men charged in a foiled domestic terror plot intended for the Ultimate Fighting Championship match on the White House lawn, on June 14, 2026, meant to target a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and the state’s entire congressional delegation, court documents show. State Delegate Tristin Leavitt, R-Kanawha, as well as U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore, all R-W.Va., were among a list of government officials who were targeted “due to their support for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,” according to the criminal complaint against Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez.

Men charged in a foiled domestic terror plot intended for the Ultimate Fighting Championship match on the White House lawn, on June 14, 2026, meant to target a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and the state’s entire congressional delegation, court documents show. State Delegate Tristin Leavitt, R-Kanawha, as well as U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore, all R-W.Va., were among a list of government officials who were targeted “due to their support for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,” according to the criminal complaint against Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez.

Amidst an increase in tick bites, two West Virginia health departments are offering medication that can prevent the onset of the disease.

The lone star tick can cause alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy, in those it has bitten. (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention)

The Marshall University Board of Governors on Wednesday approved the purchase of nearly four acres of land in downtown Huntington to be the future home of its medical school.

CHARLESTON — Amidst an increase in tick bites and cases of Lyme disease, two West Virginia health departments are offering medication that can prevent the onset of the disease.