Did you know the man that is responsible for the creation of Black History Month once worked and lived near the New River ...

Due to developing weather patterns suggesting a significant winter storm for some parts of the stat along with the threat of flooding in other areas, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has issued a state of ...

Wednesday night's freezing temperatures and Thursday morning rains have caused outages all across Ohio, Kentucky and West ...

This January we’ve seen many new faces from the White House to the State House – including newly sworn in West Virginia State Senator Chris Rose. The ...

Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and ...

I always enjoy quizzing kids on what they’re learning about in school. Nine times out of ten they tell me something that wasn ...

McDowell County, the southernmost county in West Virginia (WV), was created in 1858 and named in honor of James McDowell, the governor of Virginia from 1824 until 1844. Its county seat is at Welch.

Approximately 42,020 people moved to West Virginia in 2023, while 41,042 moved out. This represents a net gain of 978 residents. While the Mountain State managed to attract an average of 13 movers per ...

An 84-year-old man died while fighting a fire in Mercer County. According to a press release from the Office of The WV State ...

As wildfires rage in California, up-ending thousands of lives, it's worth remembering one of our own fire seasons here in ...