West Virginia News

A new study says that nearly 20% of folks in the mountain state aren't ready to face a financial crisis.

More than 100 mailed-in filings have increased the unofficial roster of West Virginia's 2012 candidates.

Doctor Irene Durrett McKinney, Poet Laureate of West Virginia since 1994, passed away on Feb.

West Virginia's chief deputy attorney general has responded to criticisms that she made comments about her boss's Republican opponent in this fall's general election.

The former director of a West Virginia halfway house will spend five months in prison for having sex with a federal inmate.

In 2011, Americans remained pessimistic about the national economy, but residents of the District of Columbia, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska were less pessimistic.

" Folks Are Talking " is a double CD that includes 28 oral histories of folks Garret Mathews interviewed as a young feature writer on the Bluefield, W. Va., Daily Telegraph between 1974 and 1979.

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West Virginia lawmakers plan to keep the deadly Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in focus as they consider pending safety legislation.

West Virginia has joined a string of states looking to regulate or ban exotic animals kept as pets following the release of dozens of wild animals in an Ohio town last year.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joe Miller and his employees are catching a lot of grief over the identification now required to renew your West Virginia driver's license or get a new one.

David Selby stars as Lincoln and Craig Wallace as Frederick Douglass in the world premiere of "Necessary Sacrifices" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Photo T. Charles Erickson.

A "I am pleased that Congress has flat-out rejected the proposal of the original House-passed bill that would have terminated the Essential Air Service program, which directly supports local jobs, creates a flow of goods and commerce into and out of small towns, brings families together, and links four communities in my home state of West Virginia ... (more)

West Virginia likely will land a $2 billion cracker that will convert the "wet" natural gas in the Marcellus shale into a cheap feedstock for plastics and the like.

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission will host the third annual College Goal Sunday event Feb.

A Parkersburg man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison after entering a plea in the 2007 death of his wife, after his original first-degree murder conviction was overturned in 2011 by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.On Friday before Wood County Circuit Court Judge Robert Waters, 59-year-old David Wayne Kaufman entered ... There are ... (more)

West Virginia's hospitals are concerned about Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's legislation for tackling public retiree health care costs.

Maj. Gen. James A. Hoyer, West Virginia's adjutant general, says the state National Guard "fared fairly well" during a round of defense cutbacks announced Friday.

That insurer is Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia. President Fred Earley says an error may have spurred concerns that it would cover applied behavioral analysis only if provided by certain specialists.

Tim Tebow has become a mythical figure for making fourth-quarter miracles happen on the football field.