Latest News, WVPA Sharing Opioid forum looks at recovery, treatment, community issues on November 10, 2016 More in Latest News: Dirty Birds open season with win over Staten Island April 26, 2024 State Gives Mt. Zion Cemetery $2 million for clean up April 26, 2024 PSC gas outage inquiry finds WVAW lacking in formal policies, customized records April 26, 2024 U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., addresses the audience in Charleston for Wednesday’s opioid forum: Altering the Course — Solutions for the W.Va. Opioid Misuse Crisis. Sponsored by Highmark Foundation and AxialHealthcare, the event included a keynote speech by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and several panel discussions on West Virginia’s opioid problem. Jenkins talked people in his life who had dealt with opioid problems. Taking the stage at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jenkins said his speech ended a long day, as he had been up until 3 a.m. watching election returns, traveled to Pocahontas County earlier Wednesday for a meeting on the future of the Greenbank Observatory before attending the opioid forum in Charleston. West Virginia Press Association photo by Don Smith.