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News in Brief

A Federal Judge Rules Against West Virginia County in Natural Gas Pipeline Case

It's the second time in two years that the judge has overruled efforts by Fayette leaders to protect their county from what they view as the negative effects of West Virginia's natural gas industry.

Ken Ward Jr.

Jim Probst and his two grandchildren, Eva (right) and Elliot.

Environment

Meet the Retired Furniture Maker Fighting for Climate Justice—and Coal Miners’ Future—in West Virginia

Jim Probst has dedicated the last five years to building a climate movement that's equally concerned with local coal miners' well-being as it is with the consequences of coal mining itself.

Greta Moran

Thousands of people gather to hear Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) during a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fairground on September 14th, 2015, in Virginia.

Letter From Morgantown, West Virginia: On the Ground at Bernie Sanders’ Rally of the Sick

Even though a majority of West Virginians see government health care as fundamentally un-American, even evil, they know the Affordable Care Act is saving lives every day.

Sarah Menkedick

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Economics

An Ethical Cloud Is Hanging Over China’s Natural Gas Investment Agreement in West Virginia

At least one member of the state’s trade delegation who helped negotiate the deal—a gas industry executive—was also working to help his private company on the trip.

Ken Ward Jr.

West Virginia teachers hold signs on a Morgantown street as they continue their strike on March 2nd, 2018, in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Education

West Virginia Passes a Bill to Raise Pay for Teachers and Other State Employees

The State House and Senate agreed on a bill to raise pay by 5 percent for all state employees, including teachers and school service workers.

Elena Gooray

Education

West Virginia Teachers Win Salary Increase

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced that educators would get a 5 percent pay raise next year.

Elena Gooray

Education

West Virginia Teachers Will Continue Their Strike Into Tuesday

Union leaders are demanding that Governor Jim Justice and state representatives arrange a meeting to hear employee demands for higher pay raises.

Elena Gooray

Used drug paraphernalia in Huntington, West Virginia.

Social Justice

Why West Virginia’s Heroin Overdose Rate Doubled After It Mandated Doctors Use the State Drug-Monitoring Database

Could the program have driven some West Virginians to use heroin?

Francie Diep

Environment

Proponents of Raw Milk Are No Better Than Anti-Vaccine Advocates

The perils of the “farm-food freedom” movement.

James McWilliams

News in Brief

OSHA Takes a Closer Look at the Most Dangerous Job in America

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will systematically track who subcontractors were working for when accidents occur on cell tower sites.

Liz Day