West Virginia’s GHSP is launching a National Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign with NHTSA, urging drivers to keep their eyes forward and phones out of reach. Distracted driving killed 3,275 people in 2023 and injured 324,819, and police statewide will be watching.
WVU’s ninth Day of Giving set records with more than $22 million raised and over 11,000 gifts from donors in all 50 states.
Pinwheels line the entrance to Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital for National Child Abuse Prevention Month, honoring the more than 900 abused children the hospital helps each year.
Explore key moments from April 5–11 in West Virginia history, from Booker T. Washington’s early life in Malden to CCC work in Kanawha State Forest and the founding of Paw Paw.
West Virginia lawmakers pushed a “Jobs First” agenda but left a major barrier untouched: reliable public transit.
Google has bought land in Putnam County for a multibillion-dollar data center campus, winning state approval as a High Impact Development Project, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey kicked off West Virginia’s 2026 Gold Rush trout stockings, inviting anglers nationwide to fish 50,000 golden trout in 69 waters through April 11.
Four people pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking drugs across north central West Virginia.
West Virginia has hired Davis Energy & Infrastructure Strategy Group, led by former Virginia energy director Glenn Davis, to help expand energy infrastructure and attract major investment.
Friends of Blackwater Canyon delivered 3,000+ petition signatures to Gov. Patrick Morrisey urging the northern route for completing Corridor H. Advocates and Tucker County leaders say it protects Blackwater Canyon while sustaining the outdoor recreation economy and local jobs.
