Sarah Elbeshbishi

During a Senate committee meeting, a top official from the nation's largest gas and oil well owner touted the company's work cleaning up abandoned gas wells and reducing methane emissions.

A bill in the House could protect ‘net metering,’ allowing households to sell excess solar energy to utilities at the same price customers buy it

A measure that would prevent the cleanup of oil and gas wells from falling onto state regulators and taxpayers went nowhere.

Gov. Justice asked for $50 million to make West Virginia more resilient to flooding. It could save money and lives, but the Senate’s budget doesn’t include the funds.

From unemployment to pay raises, here’s what lawmakers did and what issues went largely unaddressed.

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of 3 THOMAS – For the past two decades, John Bright has owned the Purple Fiddle, an award-winning music venue tucked inside downtown Thomas, above the river.

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West Virginia Solicitor General Lindsay See successfully argued a Supreme Court case that limited federal greenhouse gas emissions.

West Virginia Solicitor General Lindsay See, who successfully argued a Supreme Court case that limited federal greenhouse gas emissions, is among President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory