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Author Archives: Lucas Manfield

Lucas Manfield is a former Report for America corps member who covered business and economic development for Mountain State Spotlight. He has covered housing, health care and government accountability for the Dallas Observer and interned at inewsource, another nonprofit news organization, in San Diego. Manfield graduated from Columbia Journalism School in 2019, where his investigation into a death at a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital earned an Award for Excellence from the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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Behind drug distributors’ efforts to derail WV opioid reporting

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield June 3rd, 2021June 4th, 2021

A 2019 memo outlines a plan to “turn the tide” in WV. But that “tide” wasn’t the abuse of opioids; it was reporting on the abuse of opioids.

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Opioid trial: Why did six requests for a pharmacy investigation in WV go ignored?

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield May 20th, 2021May 20th, 2021
Posted inBroadband

West Virginia utilities say they can help fix the state’s internet — but you could end up paying for it

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield May 19th, 2021May 18th, 2021
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As opioid epidemic raged, drug company executives made fun of West Virginians

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lucas Manfield and Lauren Peace May 13th, 2021May 13th, 2021
Posted inBroadband

Flush with cash, West Virginia wants to fix its internet. But how?

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield May 5th, 2021May 6th, 2021
Posted inCOVID-19

Once leading the nation, West Virginia’s vaccine rollout has slowed. Here’s why.

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield April 26th, 2021April 23rd, 2021
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Natural gas is getting cheaper. Thousands are paying more to heat their homes anyway.

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lucas Manfield and Ken Ward Jr. April 17th, 2021February 6th, 2023
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One year. 2,634 dead.

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Lucas Manfield, Lauren Peace and Gabriella Brown March 28th, 2021March 28th, 2021
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How texts, Twitter and close-knit communities are helping to fuel West Virginia’s COVID vaccine success story

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lauren Peace and Lucas Manfield March 21st, 2021March 21st, 2021
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W.Va. lawmakers remain desperate to prop up the dying coal industry. Residents are paying the cost with higher electric bills.

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield March 11th, 2021March 11th, 2021

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