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West Virginia groups and local governments demand data center oversight. The state is continuing to develop them anyway.

Jordan Charbonneau (left) and Scott Lanham (right) pose on their land on Oct. 14. Their off-grid home is on Lanham's family land where the state is proposing a route for construction of a gas pipeline ...
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‘The First Amendment is not a license to lie’: McCuskey responds to environmental groups he subpoenaed for citing climate science.

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey appears before lawmakers during August interims on Aug. 11, 2026. Photo by Perry Bennett / West Virginia Legislature Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a ...
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From retirement plans to family farms, the lives of these West Virginians could be upended by a massive power line

Susan Marteney (left) fell in love with the porch swing before the couple even went inside the home. Scott Marteney (right) prefers the sound of the screen door slam. Photo by Josephine Johnson / ...
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McCuskey’s subpoenas against environmental groups paused by U.S. judge

Joseph R. Goodwin, a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, is shown during the investiture ceremony for Moore Capito as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West ...
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It’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in state elections. However, it will be on West Virginia ballots this November.

Sen. Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson and sponsor of the resolution making way for the constitutional amendment, speaks on the state Senate floor on March 14. Photo by Will Price / WV Legislative ...