West Virginia State Troopers found methamphetamine and fentanyl on a Fairmont man outside a Morgantown complex Saturday after they were called to a report of suspicious activity. Sgt. Wilson wrote […]
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Recent fentanyl seizure shows cartels are getting better at deception
United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld along with members of local law enforcement held a press conference from the Morgantown Public Safety building Wednesday morning to warn the community of increasingly […]
Noisy muffler leads Star City PD to drug bust
Star City police officers arrested a Morgantown man on possession charges after pulling his vehicle over for excessive smoke, gas, or noise from the muffler, a violation of a Star […]
Six arrested during Van Voorhis drug bust
Six men were arrested on drug charges Wednesday during the execution of search warrants at two apartments at a Van Voorhis Road apartment complex. The Mon Metro Drug Task Force […]
Grandstanding on the border will never solve the nation’s drug crisis
by Dan Rodricks Forty-eight-year-old Thamar Smith of Hagerstown, Md., pleaded guilty to federal drug charges last week, the latest in a long line of American men who have contributed to […]
Nearly two pounds of fentanyl pills found during a probation home inspection in Morgantown
A home inspection of an active probation participant on Thursday led to the seizure of nearly two pounds of narcotics from a Morgantown residence. Kaylin Eamon Reese Bishop, 24, of […]
Monday drug task force search adds over one pound of narcotics to staggering monthly totals
Two Morgantown residents are being held at the North Central Regional Jail on $110,00 bonds after large amounts of drugs were found inside a Monongalia County residence on Monday. Darryl […]
Recovering from an overdose epidemic
Andrew Ayers is busy working on loading and unloading several machines at Guy Chemical — a massive, 30,000-square-foot industrial facility that sits tucked along the border of the tiny unincorporated […]
Guest essay: It takes a village to fight fentanyl
by William Ihlenfeld West Virginia has long struggled with addiction, and the tremendous harm suffered by its people is well documented. But just when we thought that the worst was […]
Fentanyl symposium brings ‘best and brightest’ to talk opioid crisis
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Prosecutors, sheriffs and police chiefs from throughout West Virginia gathered at Waterfront Place Hotel and Conference Center in Morgantown Thursday for the West Virginia Fentanyl Symposium, which […]
