Sarah Elbeshbishi

ELLENBORO — Mark Parsons and his wife live on a 150-acre farm in Ritchie County, raising cattle, guinea hens and chickens.

INSTITUTE — Harvey Silas recalls how the air in his community once stung. “It used to be at five o’clock in the evening when they did whatever they did down at the plant, your eyes would burn,” he said. “I thought it was awful.” Outside the sliding glass doors that lead to Silas’ balcony is […]

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As experts discover shifting trends in tornadic activity — partly due to climate change — the state could see more and stronger tornadoes.

Since moving from New York City in the late 1960s, Naomi and Harvey Cohen have a long history of serving the state. Naomi joined Appalachian Volunteers and the federal government's VISTA program early in the existence of those programs, and Harvey followed his soon-to-be wife from the Northeast to Mercer County. Over the following five decades, the couple — both lawyers — provided legal services and developed small businesses throughout Southern West Virginia.

Monroe and Summers counties residents said their communities need transportation, affordable housing and a diversified economy.

West Virginia bet $50 million on a plan from Omnis Energy to produce emissions-free energy at Pleasants Power Station. There’s no public proof it works.

By Taylor Kate Brown, Floodlight & Sarah Elbeshbishi | Mountain State Spotlight

Residents are concerned about lack of well-paying jobs, affordable housing options and health care services to meet the need in the communities

We asked candidates running in Morgan, Hampshire, Berkeley and Mineral counties how they’d address wages, affordable housing and infrastructure.