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West Virginia’s Attorney General loves to promote his ‘big deal’ with Frontier. He actually let the company off the hook

by Lucas Manfield October 23rd, 2020October 23rd, 2020

In 2015, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a record setting settlement with Frontier. It hasn’t appeared to do anything.

Purdue Pharma to plead guilty to criminal charges in $8 billion settlement with feds

by Eric Eyre October 21st, 2020October 22nd, 2020

Here’s how to vote in West Virginia

by Mountain State Spotlight Staff October 21st, 2020October 23rd, 2020

West Virginia leaders didn’t act and a hospital closed. Then, it happened again. Patients suffered the consequences.

by Lauren Peace October 16th, 2020October 15th, 2020

Absentee ballots could keep voters safe this year. They may be out of reach for some West Virginians.

by Jake Wasserman October 15th, 2020October 15th, 2020

‘This place helps us stay alive.’ When a West Virginia community lost its mental health services, the results were a matter of life and death.

by Lauren Peace October 15th, 2020October 21st, 2020

COVID-19 pushes back more opioid lawsuits in West Virginia

by Eric Eyre October 14th, 2020October 14th, 2020

In this rural West Virginia community, a local cooperative is proving high-speed internet can work

by Lucas Manfield October 13th, 2020October 13th, 2020

‘What’s in a name?’ The deeper story behind a W.Va. Confederate legacy.

by Mountain State Spotlight Staff October 12th, 2020October 14th, 2020

W.Va. opioid trial postponed until next year, after drug firms complain that it could be a COVID-19 ‘super-spreader’

by Eric Eyre October 9th, 2020October 12th, 2020