New River Gorge National Park Wins Coveted Travel Ranking
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve has been listed as the nation's top underrated travel destination by U.S. News and World Report.
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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.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Agency Seeks County's Unpaid Inmate Jail Fees
The agency that oversees West Virginia's regional jails is addressing a $1.3 million debt that Webster County owes for inmate jail fees.The Department of…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCorrections Officers Participate in Grueling Training
As a prerequisite to working in the state's prisons corrections officers have to spend time at the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Regional Jail Rate to Stay at 2013 Level
County officials across West Virginia have gotten some good news from the state Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority.The per-diem rate that…
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No Touching Ban Placed on Inmates to Curb Drug Problem
Concerns about drug contraband have prompted a ban on regional jail inmates touching loved ones during supervised contact visits.A directive issued by…
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