WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-06-22-01005) on April 22, 2024, entitled "West Virginia Lacked Effective Oversight of Its Opioid Response Grants" filed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit The HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a series of grants to States and Tribes to co  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: John Christopher Spence, 67, of Huntington, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention with GPS monitoring, and fined $5,000 for making a false declaration in a bankruptcy case. According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about April 30, 2019, Spence filed f  more