Candidate pool begins to fill ahead of 2024 elections

By Matthew Young, RealWV With the 2023 legislative session now over, and 2024’s elections just 18 months away, the political landscape of the upcoming election cycle is beginning to develop. As campaign season takes shape, RealWV examines the offices and the candidates – both declared and assumed – who seek to fill them. OFFICE: United […]
GEHS senior Lauren Rodgers finishes top five at 2023 Poetry Out Loud State Championship

By Matthew Young, RealWV CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Lauren Rodgers strolled on stage at the Norman L. Fagan Theatre in Charleston with the poise and presence of a performer twice her age, and commanded the attention of everyone in the room. And what did she say to the audience? “Starspangled cowboy, sauntering out of the almost-silly […]