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The Wheeling Police Department and the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office are again preparing for its annual ‘Operation Toy Lift’ at the Ohio Valley Mall in Saint Clairsville this weekend. This year, the event will be held from...
Wheeling Heritage is excited to announce that applications are open for the upcoming Show of Hands event, which provides entrepreneurs and community members with the chance to secure funding for their ideas. The event will be held on...

Byers: ‘Addicts Are Now Walking That Fine Line Between Alive and Dead’

The abuse continues, but the attention to it has diminished.

In Worst Year for Overdoses, 17 W.Va. Counties Host Largest Free Naloxone Day

The event is scheduled for September 1.

The Operation of the Ohio Valley Drug Task Force

The undercover unit includes local, state, and federal members of law enforcement.

Pinnacle Treatment Centers Opens Brilliant Treatment

The center is located at 1479 3rd Street in Brilliant, Ohio.

Wheeling PD Issues Overdose Spike Alert

More than 15 overdoses have been reported in the past week alone.

Tops of 2019 – Recovery Is Possible

Those are most of the drugs that have killed in this Upper Ohio Valley, according to law enforcement officials in Ohio, Marshall, and Belmont counties. The last decade, though, has been dominated by overdoses involving opioids, including heroin because snorting or injecting the Schedule 1 narcotic is much cheaper than prescription pills.

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