CHARLESTON– State Treasurer Larry Pack, who serves as Chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, announced 26,617 students have applied for full-funding for the Hope Scholarship Program for the 2026-2027 school year. Using the latest application data available, the estimated cost of the ...

CHARLESTON - The financials of the health insurance benefit for West Virginia public workers appears to stable heading into the next fiscal year. Members of the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Finance Board met Thursday afternoon for its regular meeting, with members attending in ...

CHARLESTON – The office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey expressed disappointment in a federal ruling pausing West Virginia's waiver prohibiting the use of welfare benefits for sugary drinks and sodas. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released a memorandum opinion Monday ...

CHARLESTON - West Virginia has lost the enrollment equivalent of six full counties in a single year, a crisis that state Board of Education President Paul Hardesty warns will lead to financial disaster unless state leaders modernize the school aid formula. In a conference call Wednesday ...

THOMAS – A total of $1.5 million in federal Community Project Funding was presented to the Tucker County Commission this week for the Blackwater Regional Wastewater Treatment Project. Congressman Riley Moore, R-2nd District, presented the check at Thomas City Hall for the project, which is ...