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Revelations about Gov. Polis are contained in tax information obtained by ProPublica covering thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people.

The records show that rich Democrats and Republicans alike have slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents.

Long-term lending relationship between the bank and Jim Justice was at the core of the dispute.

Huntington Mayor Steve Williams (left) leaves the courthouse with City Communications Director Bryan Chambers and attorney Rusty Webb. | Photo by Brittany Hively CHARLESTON – Wrapping up the plaintiffs case, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams provided emotional testimony detailing his experience in handling the opioid epidemic. “We had individuals saying we were the epicenter of the opioid epidemic and that smacked me in the center,” Williams said during his sometimes...

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CHARLESTON – An expert epidemio​​​​logist who analyzed Cabell County and West Virginia overdose data to show opioid trends in death rates soared from 2001 to 2017.

CHARLESTON — The fourth week of Huntington and Cabell County’s opioid trial against three drug distributors was highlighted by an email showing McKesson Corp. employees cheering Appalachian trends shifting away from pills to illicit drugs in 2012. The email was shared among McKesson employees, first by Tracey Jonas, director of regulatory processes, who shared a February 2012 article which said the DEA was seeing a sharp drop in Florida oxycodone. Dave Gustin, a director of regulatory...

CHARLESTON — The fourth week of Huntington and Cabell County’s opioid trial against three drug distributors was highlighted by an email showing McKesson Corp. employees cheering Appalachian trends shifting away from pills to illicit drugs in 2012. The email was shared among McKesson employees, first by Tracey Jonas, director of regulatory processes, who shared a February 2012 article which said the DEA was seeing a sharp drop in Florida oxycodone. Dave Gustin, a director of regulatory...

1 of 2 The trial of the “Big Three” drug companies accused of fueling an opioid drug epidemic in Cabell County and the city of Huntington is taking place at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston. Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council

CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial concluded its fourth week, attorneys for Cardinal Health probed an addiction science professor from Marshall University about recovery programs and estimated costs.  The City of Huntington and the Cabell County Commission sued three of the nation’s top pharmaceutical distribution companies – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson – in 2017 seeking compensation over claims the companies helped fuel the opioid epidemic by sending...