BY: CAITY COYNE The private nonprofit entrusted with allocating millions of state dollars earned from court settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors may soon, by state code, be obligated to…
BY: CAITY COYNE – DECEMBER 7, 2023 6:00 AM Millions of dollars will be released to county commissions across the state by the end of this year as part of their share of…
Photo caption: Guests attends World AIDS Day 2022: Reading of the Names of those lost to HIV/AIDS at NYC AIDS Memorial on Dec. 1, 2022 in New York City. (Chance…
Photo caption: Brian Simpkins, of Logan, W.Va., was featured in Brad Paisley’s music video for “The Medicine Will.” (YouTube screenshot) Brian Simpkins, from Logan, was featured in the music video…
Photo caption: Stakeholders and members of the West Virginia First Foundation met for the first time in the Truist building in Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (Caity Coyne…
BY: CAITY COYNE – NOVEMBER 3, 2023 5:12 PM The West Virginia First Foundation — a nonprofit organization started earlier this year to distribute an expected $1 billion in opioid settlement funds — is reportedly…
BY: AMELIA FERRELL KNISELY – OCTOBER 20, 2023 6:00 AM Grandparents raising their grandchildren in West Virginia is widespread: in most counties, it’s somewhere between 40 to 50%. In one county, well over…
BY: CAITY COYNE – OCTOBER 6, 2023 6:00 AM Over the next few years West Virginia is set to receive a record $1 billion in opioid settlement funds that are meant to help quell the…
BY: LORI KERSEY – SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 6:00 AM This month, for the first time, a version of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone is available over the counter in retail stores across the…
Photo caption: Along with naloxone, volunteers with Save a Life Day will distribute materials like this card outlining what to do in the event of a drug overdose. (Lori Kersey…
