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A bill loosening West Virginia's vaccination requirements has passed the state Senate, sparking debate over potential legal and health repercussions. Senate Bil

It’s a story told nearly every winter: rain combined with snowmelt have caused dangerous flooding across the state. West Virginia begins disaster recovery, with millions in federal dollars pulled down to clean up and rebuild.

West Virginia is still waiting on approval from the federal government for an emergency disaster declaration filed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV) earlier this week.

A woman sleeping with her grandchild awoke in the middle of the night to find a man crawling into their bed, according to investigators in West Virginia. It happened early Monday, Feb. 10, near Ripley, and the victim says the man assaulted her when confronted, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department said in a Feb. 11 news release.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey is scheduled to give an update on flooding that has resulted in three confirmed deaths. The press conference is scheduled to start

Nearly 40 people were arrested as part of an operation carried out by the U.S. Marshals Southern District of West Virginia CUFFED Task Force and the West Virginia State Police. According to a press release from the U.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia senators voted to dismantle one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies Friday by greenlighting an exemption for families who say mandated inoculations conflict with their religious or philosophical beliefs.

U.S. Marshals and West Virginia State Police conducted the investigation over a two-week period between Feb. 1 and Feb. 14, 2025. Throughout the investigation, authorities did more than 108 sex offender compliance checks.

After a three-day delay, the West Virginia Senate approved Friday a bill to allow parents and guardians to cite religious or philosophical concerns to get out of the state’s mandatory immunization requirements for school-age children,

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for southern counties, while she said there are Winter Weather Advisories out for portions along the I-64 corridor– from northeast Kentucky into Cabell, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay and parts of Fayette and Nicholas counties.