By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the Tri-State area attempts to combat the opioid epidemic disabling the community, an unlikely downtown establishment is educating recovering addicts and other community members together before sending them out to the community to help heal. Established in 2015, the substance abuse counseling assistant[Read More…]

The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, March 26, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ADVISER SECRETLY BACKED ABU DHABI’S AGENDA IN CONGRESS George Nader wired $2.5[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  Gov. Jim Justice says he is still weighing whether to sign a bill that would dismantle the Department of Education and the Arts. But he says even if he signs the bill, he still wants a secretary of arts. Justice made the comments[Read More…]

By JOSEPHINE MENDEZ The Herald-Dispatch WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill that is expected to be passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump will include legislation with local ties that is meant to heighten hospitals’ and physicians’ awareness of a patient’s opioid addiction. The provision, known as[Read More…]

By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel WASHINGTON — A budget package passed Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives did so without Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va. The $1.3 trillion spending plan, called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, passed 256-167 and goes next to the Senate. It finances government through[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a unique effort to burst long-standing “media bubbles,” students and faculty from the West Virginia University Reed College of Media and the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs are teaming up for an in-depth reporting project to assess the Atlantic Coast[Read More…]

Staff reports The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — Marches to support the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and employees were killed, will be held Saturday morning starting at Parkersburg High School and at Parkersburg South High School, an organizer said.[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — The State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office launched an elder abuse litigation and prevention unit to link abuse victims to state services. Morrisey outlined the unit’s services to senior health care professionals at a press conference held at Panhandle Home Health Care,[Read More…]

The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Four Marshall University faculty and staff members – Layton Cottrill, Cedric Gathings, Dr. Bobby Miller and Dr. Joseph Shapiro – will be among those honored for achievements in social action in West Virginia. The recognition will take place Saturday, March 24, at West Virginia State University[Read More…]