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West Virginia DHHR to fund alternate opioid treatment program

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources will be funding local groups to help them develop an opioid abuse program that directs victims to community medical and health services, rather than routing them through the courts. Announced Tuesday, the DHHR’s[Read More…]

West Virginia’s Sen. Capito presses EPA’s Pruitt on chemical study

By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — More action is needed to address perfluorinated compounds, including C8 and GenX, the director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday responding to a question from a West Virginia senator. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., asked Director Scott Pruitt[Read More…]

West Virginia welcomes elk from Arizona

HD Media The Logan Banner HOLDEN, W.Va. — Fifty elk from Arizona got their official welcome to West Virginia on Tuesday afternoon at the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County. When they’re released from their holding pen in about 10 days, the Arizona animals will join 37 elk previously[Read More…]

10 things to know: Thursday, May 17

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, May 17, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT A YEAR OF MUELLER HAS PRODUCED The special counsel’s probe into possible coordination between[Read More…]

Extended winter sparks W.Va., Ohio, Ky. pollen outburst

By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Pollen is one of nature’s great equalizers — an annual irritating yet mostly harmless reminder that rich and poor alike can be just as easily humbled by a few trillion yellow specks. Little can be done to avoid it in practicality, and[Read More…]

West Virginia DHHR programs aim to help people with substance use disorder

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human resources announced $700,000 in funding availability for two programs aiming to help people with substance use disorder. The first is $100,000 to expand the statewide capacity of recovery resources for adults through Collegiate Recovery[Read More…]

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