Panel discussion at Charleston Civic Center is free to public CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Six experts on the state’s opioid crisis will take part in a panel discussion Feb. 20 in the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater as part of West Virginia University’s Festival of Ideas. “Understanding the Opioid Epidemic” starts at[Read More…]
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W.Va. House Finance Committee debates Health Care for State’s Foster Children
By Jim Workman West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While delegates on both sides of the issue expressed concern about the wellbeing of foster children in West Virginia, they differ in how best to provide health care to nearly 6,200 children affected. House Bill 4241 — legislation transitioning foster children into[Read More…]
Deadline to file West Virginia American Water crisis claims draws near
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The deadline to file a claim in the class-action lawsuit over the January 2014 water crisis is Wednesday. The $151 million settlement of the lawsuit covers residents and businesses in the Kanawha Valley who received tap water from West Virginia American Water’s Elk[Read More…]
Volunteers help downtown Marietta, Ohio, shops prepare for high water, major flooding
Parkersburg News and Sentinel Staff Report MARIETTA, Ohio — Volunteers converged on shops in downtown Marietta on Saturday as the Ohio River crest levels predicted by the National Weather Service in Charleston increased first to 38.7 feet and then to more than 40 feet during the afternoon. “This is the[Read More…]
In two years, drug giant McKesson shipped 5 million pain pills to West Virginia town of 400, House panel says
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In just two years, drug giant McKesson Corp. shipped nearly 5 million prescription painkillers to a single pharmacy in a Southern West Virginia town with 400 residents, according to a letter released Thursday by a congressional committee investigating the opioid epidemic. McKesson,[Read More…]
‘He was one of a kind’: Renowned photographer, beloved community member Mel Grubb dies at 93
By SAMANTHA PERRY AND CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Renowned photographer, World War II veteran, pilot and beloved Bluefield community member Melvin L. Grubb, 93, died Wednesday morning. Throughout his life, Grubb documented events — large and small — that characterized his community. From weddings and engagements[Read More…]
Cabell, Wayne school employees vote not to work Friday
The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — School employees in Cabell and Wayne counties have ratified a one-day work stoppage for Friday, Feb. 16, to protest changes to public insurance for state workers and salary increases they consider inadequate, according to Brandon Tinney of West Virginia’s American Federation of Teachers union. The[Read More…]
OVP editor named finalist in AP contest
Point Pleasant Daily Register COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Finalists have been announced in the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors’ 2017 newspaper contest and Ohio Valley Publishing (OVP) will be vying for an award. OVP Editor Beth Sergent has been nominated for Best Feature Writer for her work which appeared in[Read More…]
