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West Virginia

Morrisey declares state of emergency for Boone, Lincoln counties after flooding

By Lori Kersey (West Virginia Watch) Published: September 24, 2026 West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has issued a state of emergency for two counties in Southern West Virginia after heavy rains this week caused flash flooding. Boone and Lincoln counties are included in the state of emergency, which will be

Immigration

Memphis advocates call on private airport to stop servicing ICE detention flights

Two more face federal charges with making threats in Nolan Wells’ death investigation

Louisiana

Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air — and industry helped keep it that way

N.C. audit clears up one Rocky Mount utility headache, draws attention to another; How South Carolina Prisons Are Limiting Access to Books; WVU Health leadership failed to address painkiller thefts for years as opioids devastated West Virginia

North Carolina

North Carolina passed a budget

Louisiana Supreme Court frees death row prisoner; Martin County, NC residents keep pressing state officials for funding to reopen hospital; A Heat Wave is Hitting New York. Know Your Rights Ahead of Soaring Temps. Chemours must cut Ohio River ‘forever chemical’ pollution under new settlement.

Food security

Food Stamp Work Rules Don’t Increase Employment, Researchers Say

By Taylor Sisk Published: April 23, 2026 DELBARTON, W.Va. — A half-dozen cars had been in the queue for nearly four hours by the time the House of Hope mobile food pantry line began to move. Seventy or so more idled behind them by 11:30 a.m., when

Mental Health

Students at Miss. college supporting each other through grief

Threat of ICE raids shadows every shift in Chicago’s food warehouses; Good night for incumbents in 18 NC counties that had elections; Data centers in other states are raising power costs in West Virginia

North Carolina

Helene relief ongoing a year later

Autopsy Finds Trey Reed’s Hanging Death at Delta State Was a Suicide; Kaepernick to Fund Private Autopsy, Mass. residents still lean toward in-person care as telehealth booms; Policy requiring Georgia college professors to put their class syllabus online to start in 2026

Tropical Depression Chantal

Chantal Wreaks Havoc in North Carolina

Chantal wreaks havoc in North Carolina while the Texas Hill Country recovers from recent flooding.