States, counties, and cities are receiving millions in opioid settlement money to address the addiction crisis. The ways they spent the dollars in 2024 sometimes drew criticism from advocates and at ...

Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts.

At Friday’s Brooke County Commission meeting, the Brooke County Sheriff’s Department requested a portion of funds awarded to the county from a series of statewide lawsuits against the makers and ...

A passionate discussion Friday in Brooke County as first responders ask commissioners to finally put opioid settlement dollars to use. 7News was at the meeting ...

Brooke County officials are grappling with how to allocate $1.2 million in opioid settlement funds, a topic that sparked ...

Cities and states promised to use opioid settlement money to fight addiction. Instead, they’re spending it on concerts, ...