WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Students at Lewis County High School attended a voter registration presentation on Thursday to highlight the importance of voting, and speaking at the event was West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner, who was present to urge students to register to vote and make their voices heard in their community.

West Virginia’s Secretary of State Kris Warner visited WDTV Thursday to discuss the importance of registering to vote.

In the general elections of 2016, 2020 and 2024, Donald Trump won West Virginia by margins of about 42%, 39% and 42% respectively.

A former West Virginia congressman with a long history of suspected federal election law violations is back under from ethics watchdog scrutiny, with allegations this time focusing on violations he may have committed since leaving office.

James Walkinshaw will fill a seat left open by the death of his former boss, Gerald Connolly, and shrink the Republicans’ majority in the chamber.

Walt Helmick, a former state senator and agriculture secretary, has died. Helmick, 81, had been fighting cancer. The state Democratic Party called him “a steady hand in Charleston and a tireless advocate for rural communities across the state.”

A former commissioner of agriculture in West Virginia and longtime local politician died on Saturday. Walt Helmick, 81, served one term as commissioner from 2012-2016. Helmick leaves a legacy of leadership,