In Around West Virginia: Recovery Point graduates 15 new addiction treatment coaches, a brother and sister are arrested for armed robbery in Morgantown, a Christian group fixes homes in southern West Virginia, and more.
n Two siblings were arrested in Morgantown on Monday after stealing more than $30,000 worth of cash, jewelry and electronics from a victim on Grant Avenue. According to MetroNews, Kaya Lee, 20, and Japheth Lee, 22, have been charged with first-degree robbery.
n Miners who worked for Peabody Energy are fighting to keep their health benefits, which are set to run out next year, according to West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Patriot filed for bankruptcy in 2012, then again in 2015; a judge granted Patriot's request to shed retirees benefits, and the United Mine Workers of America stepped in negotiated $400 million from Patriot and Peabody. The companies came up about $100 million short, and those band-aid funds will run out by the end of this calendar year, according to WVPB. "I mean after working all your life in the mines and I was promised healthcare and stuff, pensions and stuff, it'd be a shame to lose that when you really need it," said retired coal miner Jennings Harrison.
n A Christian group is fixing up more than a dozen homes in Cabell County this week. The Associated Press reports that the Nashville-based organization World Changers has more than 200 students and 13 adult supervisors working on 12 homes in Huntington this week and one in Milton, with materials provided through a federal community development block grant.
n On Tuesday, 15 men graduated from Recovery Point in Huntington as newly minted peer recovery coaches, according to The Herald Dispatch. There are more than 100 credentialed recovery coaches in West Virginia since 2014, and Recovery Point of Huntington has trained more than 60 students in two years.