John Raby

  • West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, collects small pieces of coal left behind at the former Kay Moor coal town and camp in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve near Fayetteville, W.Va., Thursday, April 17, 2025Politics

    Teen pageant winner supports Trump’s coal push— ‘It’s not just coal, it’s our way of life’

    By Leah Willingham, John Raby, and others
  • And there’s snow too: Pedestrians cross a snowy street in downtown Kansas City, Mo., as a winter storm passed through the area on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Environment

    Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms

    By Ben Finley, John Raby, and others
  • Jim JusticePolitics

    West Virginia’s former billionaire governor is moonlighting as a high school girl’s basketball coach while running for Senate

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • West VirginiaPolitics

    America’s smoking-est state considers banning cigarette use in vehicles with kids present

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • Jim JusticePolitics

    West Virginia’s ex-billionaire governor is trying to stop a bank from auctioning off his resort property to recoup over $300 million of bad loans

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • Francisco FarabelloSuccess

    NCAA fears ‘perpetual and unchecked free agency’ after court ruling strikes down longstanding transfer policy

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • RaeQuan BattleSuccess

    ‘Let the kids play’: After bombshell NCAA transfer athlete ruling, movement builds to ease up on rule—for now

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • NCAASuccess

    NCAA’s longstanding practice of making transfers sit out a year challenged on antimonopoly grounds by 7 states

    By John Raby, Aaron Beard, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 19: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) questions Securities and Exchange Commission Chairmain Gary Gensler as Gensler testifies before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee July 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Gensler testified on “A Review of the FY2024 Budget for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.” (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Joe Manchin, Democratic senator in deep-red West Virginia, says he won’t seek reelection next year

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • West Virginia University studentsSuccess

    West Virginia University wants to cut 32 majors because enrollment is down 10% and it’s got a $45 million hole in its budget

    By Leah Willingham, John Raby, and others
  • Don BlankenshipPolitics

    3 reporters claim their newspaper fired them for protesting an interview with ‘Trumpier than Trump’ ex-convict coal baron Don Blankenship

    By John Raby and The Associated Press
  • CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES &#8211; 2021/04/08: Vial of the vaccine lies next to a syringe during the vaccination in Riggleman Hall.<br /> The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department led a vaccination effort on the campus of the University of Charleston. 1,800 doses of the Johnson &amp; Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine were on hand to be given out to all persons aged 16 years and older. (Photo by Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Health

    West Virginia led the U.S. in COVID vaccine rollouts. Now, they have the lowest vaccination rate in the nation

    By John Raby and The Associated Press