News is honoring Black history this February, including the West Virginia Black Heritage Festival (WVBHF), which is held each ...

Another meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court and another day with no progress on getting employees paid. By a vote of 7 to 5, the Quorum Court rejected a bid by County Judge Gerald Robinson to ...

Clark County had 28,223 kids younger than age 5 in 2023, down from 29,387 in 2018, according to census data. That’s about a 4 percent decline. Yacolt, Amboy, Ridgefield, Battle Ground and the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jefferson County began Monday night with a budget and finance committee meeting to present County Judge Gerald Robinson’s newly revised budget to the full quorum court. The budget ...

Milwaukee County, for instance, is projected to lose nearly 10% of its population, while Dane County is poised for a 38% surge. Rural counties, meanwhile, will likely continue to experience ...

for the annual point-in-time count taking place in San Diego County. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Leaders hope a census of the overall population will similarly show a drop.

Here in Cumberland County, about one-third of the population is 65 and older. That compares to less than 18% in the U.S. as a whole. The county seat here is Crossville, population around 12,500.

We’ve collected all our demographic coverage in one place. Fairfax County continues to lose population, although its out-migration has slowed dramatically. Virginia Beach also continues to lose ...

“And so what Cumberland [County] represents is that tension between an aging population and a workforce who is struggling to keep up.” Cumberland County is our first stop in a new series ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness on a single winter night in West Virginia increased by about 25% from 2023 to 2024, according to point-in-time estimates released recently by the U.S ...