By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
I think if people were to take a look at what is here, they would be very impressed, and I think it would break a lot of stereotypes.” — Kelton Boblits, a Fayetteville, West Virginia, native and MBA student at the University of Charleston
Ed Ryan, founder of Reshore WV, speaks to lawmakers at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia on Sept. 14, 2026, about his college course on import substitution and manufacturing. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
A West Virginia native with expertise in trade operations is taking his passion to state college campuses, hoping to connect the upcoming workforce with skills to bring supply chains back home.
A No Kings rally participant holds a sign that says “Fund Healthcare not ICE” at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. Organizers of the fourth “No Kings” rally encouraged people to vote early during the general election. (Photo by Lori Kersey/West Virginia Watch)
By Lori Kersey
Organizers of the No Kings rally in Charleston, West Virginia, had a simple message Saturday for the crowd who showed up to the state Capitol: vote early.
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Work continues on the new QTS data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, on April 17, 2026. Today’s data center buildout has become the largest industrial boom since the railroad era of the 19th century, with $10 trillion in investment and almost twice the economic impact. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
By Tim Henderson
The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures.
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese immigrants are bracing for the possibility they’ll lose their humanitarian protections by Monday.
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a flurry of travel on deck in the final frantic weeks leading up to the end of the midterm elections, in which the GOP is vying to maintain its control of both the U.S. House and Senate.
By Jonathan Shorman
After the U.S. Department of Justice sued California over its refusal to remove voters the federal government alleges are noncitizens, voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter data.
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