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Tag: Jackson County

Posted inSpecial series

How to vote in Jackson County, WV

Mountain State Spotlight Favicon by Mountain State Spotlight Staff September 17th, 2024October 31st, 2024

Want to know what’s on your ballot before Election Day on November 5? Here are the candidates in Jackson County, West Virginia.

Posted inPublic health

Jackson County needs more drug treatment. They’re spending opioid settlement cash on a shooting range

Avatar photo by Allen Siegler July 17th, 2024
Posted inSpecial series

How to vote in Jackson County, WV

Mountain State Spotlight Favicon by Mountain State Spotlight Staff April 23rd, 2024May 15th, 2024
Posted inEnvironment

Spurred by government funding, controversial waste-to-energy plants eye West Virginia

Sarah Elbeshbishi, Mountain State Spotlight's Environment and Energy Reporter. by Sarah Elbeshbishi September 6th, 2023
Posted inElection 2022

How to vote in Jackson County, WV

Mountain State Spotlight Favicon by Mountain State Spotlight Staff October 12th, 2022February 22nd, 2024
Posted inEnvironment

To land green energy plant, West Virginia lawmakers bypassed their own utility regulators

Avatar photo by Alexa Beyer September 26th, 2022September 26th, 2022
Posted inPublic health

WV health experts worry new law will ignite ‘powder kegs’ amid HIV outbreak

Avatar photo by Lauren Peace June 9th, 2021
Posted inNews

COVID-19 pushes back more opioid lawsuits in West Virginia

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre October 14th, 2020May 10th, 2021
Posted inNews

Nursing homes were an easy mark for COVID-19. Inaction and a broken system put West Virginia’s residents at greater risk.

Avatar photo by Lauren Peace September 23rd, 2020October 12th, 2020
Posted inCOVID-19

Inside one of West Virginia’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks

Avatar photo by Lauren Peace September 22nd, 2020October 12th, 2020

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