W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNow that the state has reached a $400 million settlement with the “Big Three” pharmaceutical distributors, the process of getting the money where it’s needed will begin as quickly as possible.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson agreed to the settlement after a lawsuit against them was continued last month. The attorneys asked for the continuance to allow for time to work out the details of the settlement.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIt’s been six months since closing arguments were held in the first lawsuit over the U.S. addiction epidemic to go to trial. It blames three pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid crisis in the Huntington, West Virginia, area.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia is in the spotlight for taking on major drug distributors. But outside the courtroom, it’s business as usual as residents work to help their community heal.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFormer Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Eric Eyre won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his investigation into how drug distributors pumped powerful opioids…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenator Elizabeth Warren spoke to a crowd of about 150 people in Mingo County Friday. The Democratic presidential candidate mostly spoke to the opioid…
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