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The Director of the West Virginia Utility Assistance Program says people need help paying their utility bills all year long.

It is distressing enough that a national school quality program gives West Virginia low marks for how it prepares and manages teachers.

Family members and advocates of West Virginia children with autism plan to gather at the Legislature to press lawmakers to back a proposed fix for the state's autism-coverage law.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Thousands of West Virginians were "branded for life" last year by the state's strict mental hygiene procedures, court officials say.

Eight housing projects in southern West Virginia will get a total of $2.1 million for modernization projects and facility improvements, including projects in Boone and Mingo counties, according to U.S. Rep.

An oral history project is seeking to gather the stories of West Virginians who lived and worked along the New, Gauley and Bluestone rivers on land now managed by the National Park Service.

With all the bonuses going around and everything, it seems like now would really be a good time to go to work for the housing agency, the West Virginia Housing Development.

According to a press release by Legal Aid of West Virginia , news is not good for low-income West Virginians who need to seek legal and advocacy assistance from them.

After a decade in which the federal No Child Left Behind law was used in an attempt to improve schools throughout the nation, it is clear the effort was a complete flop.

Questions about how well a plan to address West Virginia's OPEB debt - referring to other post-employment benefits for retired government workers - will work remain to be answered.

Last year, during debate over a long-term bill to fund our nation's aviation system, some in Congress fought for draconian cuts that would have eliminated federal support for rural airports.

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GHENT, W.Va. --When Winterplace president Terry Pfeiffer began working at West Virginia's southernmost ski resort in the early 1990s, snowmaking was a relatively slow, labor-intensive process.

One of the physicians serving in the West Virginia Legislature hopes to revive a measure extending pregnancy and birth control coverage to the dependents of insurance policyholders.

William Faulker once wrote, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past." For Lakin Hospital, its past has never really gone away, though some might argue it has been forgotten.

The Big East Conference and West Virginia have reportedly reached a settlement that would free the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 Conference immediately.

Gas and oil drilling already have pumped tens of millions of dollars into the East Ohio economy.

From The Governor's Desk: A weekly column by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin For 36 years, February has been designated by every U.S. president as Black History Month recognizing the contributions of African Americans to our past, present and future.

Kennie Bass Web Producer: Mamie Buoy Reported: Feb. 10, 2012 5:14 PM EST Updated: Feb.