The Latest Breaking News from West Virginia

Facing population drain, West Virginis may offer former residents $25,000 to return

There are, of course, some conditions.

Fortune · Feb 28, 2023

West Virginia mixed martial arts coach offers security for local drag show

Johnny Haught and his trainees volunteered when a restaurant canceled a brunch event after performers received threats

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2023

West Virginia GOP majority House OKs religious freedom bill

West Virginia’s GOP supermajority House of Delegates has passed a bill that would create a test for courts to apply when people challenge government regulations they believe interfere with their religious freedom

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

A West Virginia bill allowing concealed guns at colleges is one step away from law

A bill that would allow concealed weapons to be carried on West Virginia college campuses passed by a landslide in the state's House of Delegates. It heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice.

WEKU · Feb 23, 2023

Editorial: When political interests dominate news coverage, it's the public that suffers

A public radio reporter in West Virginia was sacked after she reported on the abuse of people with disabilities in state-run facilities. Her report posed a political embarrassment for West Virginia’s Republican governor, Jim Justice, whose former senior aide is now the top executive at West Virginia Public Broadcasting. That…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 21, 2023

Unsolved mystery of redhead serial killer after bodies found dumped along motorways

The term "Redhead Murders" was given to six to eleven redhead women after the first murder in 1980 in Wetzel County, West Virginia, US, which was committed by a suspected male serial killer

Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 2023

Baby's body found in submerged car as floods sweep through South US after storms

The 11-week-old baby was discovered after his mum misjudged the depth of the flood water and drove into it near the town of Pax, West Virginia, following a string of thunderstorms

Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2023

Infant boy dies in car submerged in West Virginia floods after mother’s panicked 911 call

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2023

Infant body found in submerged car in flooded West Virginia

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2023

Manchin war chest could help, and hurt, if he runs in 2024

Should Sen. Joe Manchin III seek reelection next year, the West Virginia Democrat would almost certainly rely on a network of K Street lobbyists, corporate executives and out-of-state donors to help fund his campaign.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023