CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, says it has paid off debts to avoid the foreclosure on its historic hotel, The Greenbrier. The 710-room hotel, which has hosted U.S. presidents, royalty and congressional retreats, ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” West Virginia lawmakers speedily approved funding for the state veterans home, a program to help kids at risk of dropping out of school and other proposals on Monday after gaveling in for a special session called by Republican Gov. Jim Justice. The GOP-controlled ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” West Virginia's new drug czar has a very personal reason for wanting to end the state's opioid crisis: He was once addicted to prescription painkillers himself. Dr. Stephen Loyd, who has been treating patients with substance use disorder since he got sober two ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” For decades, Jeff Card's family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street. Today, reach into one of his containers and you may find something entirely different and free of charge: Naloxone, the ...
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Kentucky's attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big pharmacy benefit manager was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis still haunting his state. The lawsuit Attorney ...
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress' highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and ...