West Virginia
Deputies assist after northern W.Va. floods
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office traveled to Ohio County, West Virginia, where people are still recovering after devastating floods took away their homes.
“You see it on Facebook and the news, but you don’t really know what it’s like until you experience it. Driving through it was definitely eye-opening,” Detective Anthony Adkins said.
Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said the West Virginia Sheriff’s Association put out a call for help.
Deputies spent three days helping law enforcement in the area in any way they could.
“That’s what people forget, they don’t get to go home, you know they’re affected, their families are affected, they’re worried about taking care of their own,” Eggleton said.
Detective Anthony Adkins spent time patrolling and monitoring speed in the Triadelphia area to keep everyone safe in the clean-up process.
“It was mainly just one area that was hit really hard and that area is still in really bad condition, so right now they’re just putting rubble together, they’re putting trash on the side of the road trying to get it cleaned up,” Adkins said.
Eggleton said the Ohio County Sheriff first requested help with preventing looters from coming in and taking from those affected.
“Houses, storage units, everything is just out in the open,” Adkins said.
Eggleton said, “That’s heartless, you know these people were devastated. They’re trying to put their lives back together, they’re trying to find their loved ones, and we send people up there to stop that.”
Eggleton said his department is blessed to have the resources to help, and he’s confident others would help Putnam County in times of need.
Multiple agencies from our region have spent time on the ground helping, including deputies from Boone, Putnam and Kanawha counties.
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WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling is home to West Virginia’s first recovery program designed specifically for young adults, offering a new track aimed at people ages 18 to 24 who are working to overcome substance use disorders.
Youth Services System announced it will offer the recovery track at the McCrary Center in Wheeling for young adults dealing with opioid or stimulant use disorders. The program is designed to provide recovery-focused housing and support services, giving participants a safe, structured environment as they work toward long-term recovery and stability.
“Our transitional living program has been licensed by the Department of Human Services, as well as the Office of Health Facility Licensure. We also achieved the West Virginia Alliance of Recovery Residence certification so there will be a lot of oversight in this program. And we look forward to our continued work with them,” YSS CEO Jill Eddy said.
Youth Services System received a one-time grant through the West Virginia Bureau of Behavioral Health to help expand services and launch the new track in Wheeling.
“Research shows that the longer a person is provided a safe space while in recovery, the chances of their success in recovery and remaining sober is definitely increased,” Eddy said.
Services will include substance-free and MAT-friendly housing, peer recovery support, therapy, recovery planning, and overdose prevention education. The program also supports individuals with co-occurring mental health conditions and prioritizes high-risk and underserved populations.
More information about Youth Services System is available here.
BUCKHANNON, W.Va (WDTV) – WestCare West Virginia cut the ribbon for its Hope in the Mountains complex on 22 N. Locust Street. The new facility will treat men with substance abuse issues with the hopes of fighting the drug epidemic in West Virginia.
Each room in the complex includes 56 beds, a television set and clean bathroom. Stephen Wright spoke ahead of the ribbon cutting along with Buckhannon officials. He said this facility differs from others on how they approach treatment.
“We really focus on the individual and the individual needs and focus on their progress in the program versus a number of days that a person is in treatment. So it’s really individualized,” said Stephen Wright, chief operating officer of WestCare Appalachia. “So we still need aftercare, outpatient counseling, and those things. But this really gives an opportunity for an intervention to break that cycle for individuals struggling with addiction. Because lots of times they must be separated from the living circumstances that they’re in at that time.”
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A federal appeals court agreed to rehear West Virginia’s request to lift an injunction barring enforcement of state restrictions against drugmakers seeking to limit discounts to pharmacies under a federal program.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted Thursday West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey’s request to rehear en banc arguments over a preliminary injunction. All active judges in the court will review the case after a three-judge panel in March ruled to keep the state’s SB 325 temporarily blocked while litigation plays out over the law.
The court said the case is scheduled for oral argument …
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