West Virginia Watch

The former Barboursville School will reopen next year as a residential treatment facility, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Thursday. The state has entered a five-year lease with Youth Health Associates to operate the school. The facility plans to start accepting children in early 2027. 

“Bringing our children home has been one of my highest priorities since taking offi...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Thursday a $24 billion investment by Appalachian Power into natural gas and coal-fired power plants throughout the state. 

Appalachian Power, which serves most of the state south of Sutton and parts of the Northern Panhandle, will invest $17 billion into new natural gas generation, generating 3.3 gigawatts —

The West Virginia Secretary of State all but asked the state GOP to return to open primaries. 

Secretary of State Kris Warner, a Republican, issued a press release Thursday calling for uniformity in primary elections between the two major parties. He specifically called on his own party to change its primary. 

“The Republican Party has an opportunity to swiftly ...

West Virginia school officials are asking the state’s highest court to step in and stop a lower court’s decision temporarily preventing the closure of a Logan County elementary school.

The state Department of Education and the Logan County school board this week filed an emergency writ of prohibition with the state Supreme Court of Appeals. The legal action seeks to ha...

West Virginia will soon allow eligible parents who operate small businesses through an LLC to qualify for the childcare assistance program.

The Morrisey administration’s change to a long-standing policy comes after