By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“I find when I go out on the trail that there is one issue that Democrats, Republicans, and independents, which I would be seeking to represent all of them, agree on, that these things do not have a place in their in their homes, in their backyards.” — Ace Parsi, the Democratic candidate for District 2 of the U.S. House of Representative on data centers
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., has agreed to one debate with his Democratic opponent Ace Parsi. (Photos courtesy of Ace Parsi and Congressman Riley Moore)
By Lori Kersey
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., and Ace Parsi, his Democratic opponent for the U.S. House District 2 race in the upcoming November election, are proposing two different federal bills for data centers, which may be top of mind for some residents as the state aims to attract the developments over environmental concerns.
Bureau for Family Assistance Commissioner Janie Cole speaks to lawmakers at the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Janie Cole is leaving her role as commissioner of the Bureau for Family Assistance in the Morrisey administration.
NATIONAL
Student backpacks hang in their cubbies at a school in Alaska. At least 30 states have opted into a federal program allowing individuals to receive tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations that might offer tuition help for private schools or extra tutoring. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
By Robbie Sequeira
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance Thursday for participating states, scholarship-granting organizations and taxpayers as the federal scholarship tax credit program prepares to take effect in January.
By Jacob Fischler
President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with strong Republican leanings.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators departed Capitol Hill on Wednesday night for their campaign break, leaving numerous policy disputes unresolved.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Keith Sonderling as secretary of Labor on Wednesday, marking one of the few Trump administration picks to get through the upper chamber recently after a North Dakota senator put a hold on “any and all” nominees.
COMMENTARY
Dark Hollow,” a horror movie filmed in Beckley, West Virginia, will show at the Colonial Arts Center in Buckhannon, West Virginia, on Oct. 13, 2026. (Photo by Paula Kaufman for West Virginia Watch)
By Paula Kaufman
“Dark Hollow” is a West Virginia horror film shot inside of a coal mine. And while I’ve never watched a horror movie, I’m looking forward to this one.
ICYMI
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