Mountain State Spotlight: West Virginia News and Reporting
Nov 6, 2024 · West Virginia risks losing out on $1 billion as internet and utility companies fight over broadband expansion costs. Disputes between power companies and internet providers over pole costs could mean broadband will take longer to reach West Virginians. The election is over. But Mountain State Spotlight’s work for West Virginians goes on.
West Virginia Governor debate: 5 takeaways
Oct 29, 2024 · Five takeaways from West Virginia’s gubernatorial debate. In the only debate of the governor’s race, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Huntington Mayor Steve Williams went back and forth about taxes, schools and abortion. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, left, and Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, right, during the West Virginia ...
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3 days ago · West Virginia risks losing out on $1 billion as internet and utility companies fight over broadband expansion costs. by Tre Spencer November 11th, 2024. A billion-dollar investment to expand high-speed broadband service across West Virginia is being held up as power companies push to charge internet providers for the costs of replacing worn-out ...
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How Mountain State Spotlight is covering the 2024 election
Apr 23, 2024 · At Mountain State Spotlight, we believe elections should be more about you, your family and your community — and less about 30-second campaign spots and horse race polls. That’s why our election coverage in 2024 is going to look a little different than what you are used to seeing. During the 2024 election season, we will report from across ...
2022 Capitol Tracker — Mountain State Spotlight
2022 Capitol Tracker — Mountain State Spotlight. Track bills through the lengthy legislative process, contact elected officials, and follow live updates from our reporters.
Mountain State Spotlight’s best of 2021
Dec 27, 2021 · “This is the first piece of commentary I’ve ever written in my 30-plus years as a journalist. Since my Mountain State Spotlight colleague, Lucas Manfield, was writing a daily story about the disparaging emails, I felt compelled to provide some context about this giant drug distributor, AmerisourceBergen, given that I had spent the past eight years covering the company and wrote a book, in ...
Mountain State Spotlight hires economy, public health reporters
Sep 7, 2022 · Reporters will fill vital beats in public health, economic justice, and economic development. Mountain State Spotlight has hired three new reporters to fill crucial information gaps in West Virginia through their reporting on public health and the economy. Dan Lawton has been hired as the economic justice reporter, Allen Siegler as the public ...
Mountain State Spotlight adds WV native as Executive Director
Nov 9, 2021 · West Virginia native Ellen Allen — a fixture in the state’s nonprofit world, with more than three decades of management and leadership experience — is joining Mountain State Spotlight to head up the civic news organization’s business operations. Allen will start her new role as the civic news organization’s executive director, on Feb. 6.
Election 2024 Archives - Mountain State Spotlight
6 days ago · West Virginians have a honey-do list for their newly elected officials. by Henry Culvyhouse November 8th, 2024. Dear West Virginia elected officials, The voters of our state selected you to represent them in the Legislature, in Congress and in the governor’s office. The campaign is over. Now it’s time to govern.