West Virginia

Federal judges have temporarily blocked new laws in Arkansas and West Virginia restricting transgender people’s rights.

The Mountain State offers low costs, but poor education and a lack of innovation leave it in a deep hole.

America’s infrastructure, from roads to bridges, power and broadband internet, is in bad shape in many states. But the following states rank as the worst.

The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging bans involving transgender people that target athletes in West Virginia and children in Arkansas

Residents who enter the state’s new vaccine incentive lottery will have the opportunity to win prizes such as custom hunting rifles and shotguns, custom trucks, weekend getaways at state parks and lifetime hunting and fishing licenses among other things.

A former nursing assistant has been sentenced to seven consecutive terms of life in prison for injecting seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin

Multiple tornadoes have caused damage across Mississippi, but no injuries have been reported.

One of the victims died when a falling tree brought power lines onto his vehicle.

West Virginia became one of the latest states to pass a transgender athlete ban. Supporters say it is to protect female athletes, but critics say it is discriminatory. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

West Virginia’s governor signed a bill Wednesday that bans transgender athletes from competing in female sports in middle and high schools and colleges.

West Virginia aims to entice residents age 16 to 35 to get a coronavirus vaccine shot with the promise of a $100 savings bond.

Engineers floated a bridge down the Ohio River to Wellsburg, W. Va., in an effort that’s being hailed as historic.

A New Hampshire teen is being heralded as a hero after saving a 12-year-old who was trapped under an ATV over 800 miles away.

Like most 13-year-olds, Caden Cotnoir spends plenty of time on social media. On Sunday, his screen time took an unexpected turn.

The state is the first in the Mid-Atlantic and just the third in the country to make vaccines available to the general population. Julie Carey reports.

West Virginia will immediately open coronavirus vaccine eligibility to all residents aged 16 and older, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday. The state becomes one of the few in the nation to lift virtually all eligibility requirements way ahead of President Joe Biden’s goal of allowing all adults to get shots starting on May 1. Justice said the state will continue…

A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge after he was accused of selling machine gun conversion devices to followers of a far-right extremist movement.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey traveled to Martinsburg, West Virginia to find out why the state’s vaccination strategy is working so well.

West Virginia leads the nation in its ability to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccinations by taking a unique approach: Rather than using a federal program that relies on national chains, they turned to 250 local pharmacies instead. The state ranks first in its percentage of vaccines used, with almost 10 percent of residents having received their first shot. Melvin Hemerick,…

A West Virginia man who expressed concern about the outcome of the presidential election was arrested while walking near the U.S. Capitol after police found a pistol and ammunition in his car, authorities said Thursday.