Flatfoot Dancing: Appalachia’s Percussion Instrument
West Virginia’s annual Appalachian String Band Music Festival is not just about old-time fiddle and banjo music. Flatfoot dancing goes alon...
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Senators Pass ‘Lauren’s Law,’ An Effort To Slow Drug Trafficking
Senate Bill 196, now called Lauren’s Law, increases the penalties for drug trafficking in West Virginia to keep manufacturers from trying to distribute their supply in the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News‘Operation Smoke And Mirrors’: Largest Methamphetamine Seizure In State History
Illegal drugs seized in the operation include more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine, 40 pounds of cocaine, 3 pounds of fentanyl, 19 firearms and nearly $1 million in cash.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFeds To Let States Tap Opioid Funds For Meth, Cocaine Surge
Alarmed by a deadly new twist in the nation’s drug addiction crisis, the government will allow states to use federal money earmarked for the opioid…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy
The accused leader of a northern West Virginia drug ring has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says 38-year-old…
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Thirteen Charged in W.Va. Cocaine Ring Bust
More than a dozen people have been charged with participating in a cocaine trafficking ring in West Virginia. Seven people from West Virginia, three from…
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