State-owned facilities have helped West Virginians with complex health needs. A private owner could trim staff and choose less ill patients.

Mountain State Spotlight is pleased to welcome Nicole Blevins to the reporting team for 10 weeks this fall.  Blevins is a ...

DEP approved a coal mine expansion in Wyoming County even as it took over a mine residents say contaminated their water.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey said West Virginia is doing everything it can within the rules set by the Trump administration.

Majestic Care CEO Paul Pruitt talks about the company’s plans for nursing homes in Marion, Raleigh, Mason and Preston Counties.

Citing administrative and financial mismanagement, the West Virginia Board of Education has taken over six school districts ...

Sample Medicaid card. Courtesy photo. If you rely on Medicaid for your health care, or you know and love someone who does, you’ve almost certainly heard about the massive cuts Congress made to the ...

The Polymer Alliance Zone industrial park in Davisville, W.Va. is one of two sites being prepared by the state to attract new businesses. Photo by Henry Culvyhouse / Mountain State Spotlight On the ...

Nearly a decade after the deadly 2016 floods, West Virginia officials are moving forward with a study to look at flood mitigation measures across the Kanawha River Basin. Last month, Gov. Patrick ...

The proposed location of one of the power plants from TransGas Development Systems' is identified in Mingo County on an air permit application to the state Department of Environmental Protection. Data ...