By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“West Virginians deserve to know where their political leaders stand when hate-filled statements like these are made by someone seeking public office. Silence on matters this serious implies consent, which is why a clear public response is warranted.” — Del. Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha
Chris Clagett is the Republican candidate for House of Delegates District 91, which represents southern Berkeley County. (Photo courtesy of Chris Clagett’s campaign website)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Republican candidate Chris Clagett, who is running in Berkeley County for a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates, posted several racist posts on social media that targeted Black women and Muslims.
Sarah Stone, a cofounder of SOAR and a Kanawha County organizer for Save a Life Day, looks over supplies for this year’s Save a Life Day event, planned for Thursday, Sept. 24. (Photo by Lori Kersey/West Virginia Watch)
By Lori Kersey
The organizers of Save a Life Day — an annual naloxone distribution planned for Thursday — aim to keep promoting harm reduction, even after the Trump administration shifted federal funding away from some supplies that make drug use safer.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announces on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, that he is asking for West Virginians’ input on the state’s application for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey)
By Lori Kersey
The state of West Virginia will contribute $291,403 of its federal Rural Health Transformation funds to the WVU Medicine Center for Nursing Education to help expand the capacity of nursing education and address nursing shortages across the state, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Monday.
NATIONAL
Mary Arguedas waits to be examined by her OB/GYN, Vivian Chona, at the Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc. on September 23, 2009 in Hialeah, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
By Nada Hassanein
Women giving birth in rural communities were more likely than peers in urban areas to receive oral opioid prescriptions for pain upon leaving the hospital after a cesarean section, according to a new analysis of data from half a million C-sections.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump has barred from entering the White House filed a lawsuit against the administration on Monday.
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe.
COMMENTARY
Kanawha County school buses. (Photo by Lexi Browning/West Virginia Watch)
By Robert B. Miller
Eleven Mingo County parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the universal expansion of West Virginia's Hope Scholarship. Their children attend Dingess Elementary, a rural school facing closure after the 2026-27 school year. The parents allege that Hope's expansion, combined with the Legislature's failure to repair the public-school funding formula, helped create the financial conditions now being used to justify that closure.
ICYMI
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