Mountain State Spotlight

Earlier this year, Republican House lawmakers unveiled their “Jobs First Agenda” in an effort to attract more businesses and get West Virginians working. And Gov. Patrick Morrisey celebrated tax cuts and economic develo...

Three scholars with backgrounds in labor, sociology and rural development recently joined Mountain State Spotlight Founding Editor-in-Chief and President Ken Ward Jr. for a discussion exploring shifting power dynamics in rural Appalachia.

Ward moderated the April 19 conversation between scholar-activist Barbara Ellen Smith, assistant professor in the Department...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abu...

Last year, Susan Perry was concerned about data centers that had been announced in her home county of Logan and nearby Mingo.

So when she heard West Virginia Democrats were touring the state listening to the residents about their struggles, Perry saw an opportunity to voice her opinion when they made a stop in Gilbert.

At the Larry Joe Harless Community...

Mountain State Spotlight is pleased to welcome Jasmine Milbourne and Eva Altizer to the reporting team this summer.

Milbourne is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She previously worked at the Northeast Georgian as a research intern, the Oglethorpe Echo as an education reporter, Flagpole Maga...