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Brooke County records roughly $1.76 million in opioid-settlement funding requests

County Commission of Brooke County · April 7, 2026

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Summary

At its April 7 meeting, the Brooke County Commission recorded requests for opioid-settlement funds from local departments and partners totaling about $1.76 million; the minutes list requests but do not show approvals.

At its April 7 meeting the Brooke County Commission recorded multiple requests for opioid-settlement funds from county departments and partner organizations, with the listed requests totaling about $1.76 million.

The minutes list specific requests, including $580,000 from the Sheriff’s Department; $159,784 from the Brooke County Health Department; $125,000 from WVU Medicine; an item recorded as $120,550+ from EMA/EMS Assistant Deputy Director Mike Loborec; $20,000 from Easter Seals; $374,015 from Empower & Link Inc.; $75,000 from EMA/EMS Director Greg Moore; $185,000 from Youth Services System, Inc.; and $116,599 from the Brooke County Firefighters Associations. The document records these as requests presented to the commission; the minutes do not show motions or votes approving these amounts at that meeting.

Why it matters: opioid-settlement funds have been distributed to many counties to support treatment, prevention and recovery services; how Brooke County decides to allocate any awarded funds will determine which local programs receive new support.

What’s next: the minutes list the requests for commission consideration; no approval outcome is recorded in the published minutes for April 7.