Jail Bills

County Commissioners To Meet Virtually Next Week To Discuss Issues Facing Largest Counties

County commissioners from the state's largest counties, by population, are set to meet virtually next week to discuss their unique issues including ballooning per diem jail costs.

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Abandoned Gas Wells And The Unhoused Rate Declines, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, the unhoused population in the state declines, child well-being remains the same, and just how many abandoned gas wells are there?

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Counties Struggle To Pay Regional Jail Bills

Counties across West Virginia are struggling to pay the state to house and feed inmates in regional jails.

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Some W.Va. Counties Pay Jail Debt With Opioid Funds, Citing Budget Strains

Wyoming County is one of the state’s most rural. It’s home to about 20,000 residents, but no hospital and zero certified treatment beds, according to the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy. As the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic raged, Wyoming County had a prescription overdose death rate of 54.6 per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2014 — the highest in the nation.

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