Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks West Virginia’s Landmark Ban on Food Dyes Linked to ADHD, Autism, and Cancer

An Obama-appointed federal judge struck down West Virginia’s first-in-the-nation ban on artificial food dyes, including Red 40, Yellow 5, and Blue 1, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and scientific studies have linked to ADHD, autism, and …

It Is Now Time To Power Up West Virginia’s Future

Nearly a century ago, our grandparents built the transmission lines that lit up West Virginia’s farms, homes, and towns. Their grit and vision pulled us out of the dark and gave us the foundation for a thriving state. Today, we face a new challenge: those …

Today in West Virginia History

EXPLOSION AT SAGO MINE IN UPSHUR COUNTY KILLS 12 MEN — JAN. 2, 2006 The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Dec. 28, 1879: Brigadier General …

Exercise physiology student gives back to West Virginia

Alexis Cipoletti MORGANTOWN — Alexis Cipoletti’s fears of attending college as a first-generation student from a rural West Virginia community evaporated when she toured West Virginia University as a high school student. Now ready to graduate with a …

West Virginia’s Year in Review: New Governor, Vaccine Debate, Education Topped Stories in State Government

photo by: Ben Powell West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey gives his inaugural address at the State Capitol Building in Charleston on Jan. 13. CHARLESTON — As West Virginia wraps up the first quarter of the 21st century, state government and its …

West Virginia smokers asked to quit

ANNAPOLIS — Currently, 20.4 percent of adults in West Virginia use at least one tobacco or nicotine product. Among those products are cigarettes, e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches. Nicotine is extremely additive. Officials at the American Lung Association …

West Virginia: NCAA Snapshot

West Virginia receives D- grade on infrastructure report card

Tabitha Lafferre, the president of the Ameri-can Society of Civil Engineers’ West Virginia Section, presents findings of the organiza-tion’s 2025 Infrastructure Report Card during a news conference outside of the West Virginia House Chamber in Charleston, …

West Virginia Grant Resource Centers hit historic milestone, helps secure $51.5M in project funding for WV clients

The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers’ Co-Founders, Sara Payne Scarbro and Dr. Liz Vitullo, marked a historic milestone for the Grant Centers, recently announcing more than $51.5 million in local, state, private, and federal funding won through 124 …

This is Home: Wirt County flower farm wins Best of West Virginia

ELIZABETH, W.Va. (WTAP) - White Pickett Farm was named best agritourism attraction by West Virginia Living Magazine. A four acre flower farm in Wirt County has been named the best agritourism attraction in West Virginia by West Virginia Living Magazine for …