The West Virginia First Foundation held its second quarterly board meeting of 2026 earlier this month. They spent a lot of time on items such as appointing new volunteer expert panel members, reviewing progress on the 2026 Local Government Expenditure Report, getting updates on “new resources ...

While the narrative tends to focus on the rapid rate at which West Virginia’s population is shrinking, there are some spots in the state where population is actually growing. It’s worth taking a look at why. WorldAtlas compiled a list of the communities bucking the trend here, noting ...

* Approximately 150 volunteers at 16 sites joined in the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley’s annual Day of Action last week. Completing service projects for local nonprofits, the volunteers spent the day on everything from building a walking path to organizing and pricing items for ...

It is human nature to bristle at suddenly being told we are no longer allowed to do something we have always been able to do. Logic doesn’t tend to play into that reaction. And when it comes to the nanny state, it is often our most vulnerable, least-resourced people who get told the ...

Mountaineers are always free, and pride themselves on being the kinds of independent, self-sufficient people who can take care of themselves, and pull themselves up by their bootstraps when the going gets tough, right? Maybe not so much, judging by a study of the “Most and Least Independent ...

More than one statewide effort is focusing on a problem most of us did not fully grasp until recently. Too many Mountain State children do not have a bed, crib or bassinet of their own to sleep in each night. The West Virginia State Hospital Initiative is a nonprofit that is not only ...