The approach to bring those numbers down has been all hands on deck. While statistics show it's working, overdose deaths are rising at alarming rates among Black communities.

On Feb. 22, 2022, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office announced the finalization of a $26 billion national settlement with opioid distributors and a manufacturer, which slated Kentucky to receive ...

Evans is the former chief operator of the DEA leading initiatives across 240 domestic offices and 93 foreign offices.

Kroger will pay to settle claims it helped fuel Kentucky’s opioid crisis. It's an effort to hold businesses accountable for ...

The Pikeville City Commission voted to enter into an agreement negotiated by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman with Kroger as part of a national opioid settlement at the Jan. 27 ...

After five years in West Virginia, the world’s largest recovery-based music festival is bringing hope to the hills of eastern ...

Kentucky has approved more than 2,000 medical marijuana cards to patients with qualifying conditions and Gov. Andy Beshear ...

The Scott County Detention Center is taking the lead by implementing neuro-electrode treatment for inmates. It's being called ...

Healing Appalachia, an annual music festival that raises awareness and funding for the fight against opioid addition, has ...

Part 1. How the fall of the coal industry changed politics in eastern Kentucky: The decline of coal jobs caused economic collapse in eastern Kentucky. In the 1970s, Pike County was one of the ...