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The Opioid Settlement And Gas Price Shock, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, an opioid settlement reaches a milestone, gas prices shock Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito, R-W.Va., and we have more information on the recent chemical spill near Nitro.

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Mills Kelly, Coalfield Depopulation And Cuz's Uptown Barbeque, Inside Appalachia

This week, historian Mills Kelly’s love affair with the Appalachian Trail started when he was a boy scout. Also, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. And, Cuz’s Uptown Barbeque in southwestern Virginia fuses Asian ideas with Appalachian comfort food.

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Mon Forest Partnership Hopes To Fund Trail Maintenance

Small towns around the Monongahela National Forest are raising funds for workers to clear hundreds of miles of trails in the North Zone.

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National Settlement With Key Opioid Producer Goes Into Effect

Over $50 million is scheduled to be paid to West Virginia on an accelerated, 9-year timeline due to the disproportionate impact the opioid crisis has had on the state.

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