Mountain State Spotlight – During a national taskforce meeting about opioids in August 2016, an aide whispered into Huntington Mayor Steve Williams’ ear.
The top federal drug control official wanted to meet privately with Williams.
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Just five days earlier, 27 people had overdosed in the span of four hours in Huntington. Twenty-six were brought back to life. Another died. Fentanyl, a powerful opioid deadlier than heroin, had come to town.