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West Virginia State Senate passes bill to penalize smoking in car with children
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPRINCETON (WVNS) – Smoking in your car could become more restricted in West Virginia. A bill that...
Despite West Virginia ruling, pharmaceuticals face consequences in opioid epidemic
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlicia Bowman, 38, wanted to get clean from her opioid use disorder, but didn't have a place to...
Lawmakers seek grant assistance for drug trafficking areas
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 17—More drug overdoses occurs in the Appalachian region than other parts of the country, so senators in West Virginia and Virginia are calling on the Office of National Drug Control Policy ...
Officials urge state, federal support for King Coal Highway project
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 1—BLUEFIELD — When state lawmakers eliminated funding in 2017 for the King Coal Highway Authority and its executive director, some in the region worried that there would be no one to actively ...
Tobacco legislation heading to Gov. Jim Justice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 12—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — A bill awaiting the signature of Gov. Jim Justice would raise the age when people can buy tobacco products and nicotine products ...
Mercer County ranked first in the state for child abuse cases
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoApr. 10—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Mercer County ranks first in West Virginia for child abuse cases and West Virginia ranks first in the nation, but a flag being raised ...
Free Naxolone being distributed today in all 55 W.Va. counties
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 8—PRINCETON — Grocery stores, public libraries, fire stations, public parks and more became places in all 55 of West Virginia's counties Thursday to obtain free naloxone, which is used ...
Smoking bill would prohibit smoking in vehicles carrying children
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 15—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Bills which prohibit smoking in a vehicle while children are present as well as bills which would raise West Virginia's legal age ...
World’s biggest rattlesnakes can swim from Parris Island to Hilton Head
Hilton Head Island Packet via AOL· 9 months agoOn Oct. 28, 2017, a 5-foot-long, 6-pound male eastern diamondback rattlesnake was found dead on a...
Fires have consumed nearly 20,000 acres in Va. this spring. That could be good for the environment.
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAlmost 20,000 acres have been lit by flames that primarily torched the western and central parts of...
