In rural Wyoming County, West Virginia, Ann Reed is the sheriff’s department’s only social worker. Funded through a temporary grant from a local mental health center, Reed provides resources and care ...

The future of two Wayne County elementary schools is expected to be decided Tuesday night. The Wayne County School Board meeting will consider closing Dunlow and Genoa Elementary Schools, but other ...

Raleigh County is in the top five counties with the most new businesses for January 2026. With 84 new businesses registered, ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a four-part series that looks at how West Virginia’s counties are making choices about spending millions in opioid settlement funds. On a warm summer day in late ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Two illegal firework operations were shut down in two West Virginia counties over the past six weeks, according to a release from the West Virginia State Fire Marshal Office ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Parts of 15 West Virginia counties are considered in extreme drought conditions but the latest U.S. Drought Monitor does note some improvement. It’s the driest in sections of Ohio, ...

For two hours every Thursday and Friday, Randall Brown gathers a handful of people in front of a whiteboard. They sit on a couch or armchairs on either side — the walls filled with colorful drawings ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – The Kanawha County Board of Education has renewed the contract of Superintendent Dr. Paula Potter. According to Kanawha County Schools, the BOE extended Potter a ...

Governor names James Paul, a school choice advocate, to West Virginia Board of Education James Paul, who helped implement the state's first charter schools and has a background in school choice policy ...