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December 6, 2022 at 1:03 am

‘Unacceptable’: EPA head says of West Virginia water issues

The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency has visited a West Virginia county where some residents recently got access to clean water after years...

Ed Evans, Democratic West Virginia delegate and retired public school teacher, sits beside a sunken grave in the unmarked cemetery where more than 80 coal miners killed in the 1912 Jed Coal and Coke Company disaster are buried in Havaco, W.Va., on June 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) RPLW106 RPLW106

December 5, 2022 at 7:42 am

Unmarked graves, an ‘ugly history’: W.Va. weighs mine safety WATCH

The unmarked graves in a forgotten West Virginia burial ground known locally as Little Egypt contain the remains of dozens of coal mine workers who...

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November 15, 2022 at 7:43 am

West Virginia’s GOP Rep. Mooney announces 2024 Senate run

West Virginia U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney didn’t wait long to announce a run for Senate in 2024.

November 14, 2022 at 12:51 pm

Son of WVa helicopter crash victim files wrongful death suit

The son of a man who died in a June helicopter crash in West Virginia that killed six people has filed a wrongful death lawsuit...

November 8, 2022 at 2:03 am

GOP Reps Miller, Mooney soar to reelection in West Virginia VIEW

Two sitting Republican U.S. representatives in West Virginia have easily overcome challengers to keep their seats in the deep red state’s shrinking congressional delegation.

November 6, 2022 at 7:36 am

West Virginia’s opioid crisis transcends partisan politics VIEW

West Virginia's opioid crisis is transcending partisan politics as city council candidates from three different parties tackle the issue in the capital of Charleston.

Toney Lewis shows a bottle of tap water he saved, before his neighborhood was recently switched to the current Ferriday, La. water system, in Ridgecrest, La., Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. In many places, people struggle to find water or else drink water that isn’t clean. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) CLI104 CLI104

November 4, 2022 at 7:03 am

When destitute small towns mean dangerous tap water VIEW

An analysis of thousands of EPA records shows many small communities are left unprotected by destitute and unmaintained water providers.

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Donna Dickerson drinks a cup of tap water on the porch of her trailer in Keystone, W.Va., on June 22, 2022. For about a decade before being hooked up to a new water system late last year, residents of Keystone like Dickerson were told to boil water before drinking it for a decade because of the community’s aging infrastructure. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) CLI102 CLI102

November 4, 2022 at 6:23 am

When destitute small towns mean dangerous tap water VIEW

The U.S. has rules for what makes drinking water safe, and the majority of local water systems comply. But what about the ones that don't?

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November 2, 2022 at 8:17 am

West Virginia’s Mooney runs for Congress but aims at Manchin

West Virginia Republican U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney is facing Democrat Barry Wendell in the race for a seat representing the state's 2nd Congressional District.

October 22, 2022 at 6:04 am

Battle rages in W.Va. over control of public school policy

Voters in West Virginia will get the final say on a ballot question that would amend the state constitution to give the Republican-dominated legislature control...