A report from the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that in May of this year, 717,000 jobs were held within the state, but a year ago that number was over 725,000. Executive Director for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Kelly Allen said elections could be a reason why.

James Walkinshaw has won the Democratic nomination in the special election to succeed the late Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.

A northern West Virginia area still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago has been hit with torrential rains again.

Four months after McDowell County, West Virginia, was hit with catastrophic flooding, one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still working to recover.

Rebel-supporting Hampshire County became part of pro-union West Virginia 162 years ago this week only because of a pair of votes that were mysterious at best or downright fraudulent at worst. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.