READY TO WORK – Matt Harvey, the new United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, was sworn in last week and is ready to get to work. -- Derek Redd

WHEELING — As the new United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, Matthew Harvey knows that, among his primary missions, battling the crisis of trafficking in opioid and other illicit drugs hits the top of the list. Yet Harvey has a distinctive background that he believes will help him in that quest.

Harvey, the former Jefferson County Prosecutor and chairman of the West Virginia First Foundation, was sworn in Friday as the new U.S. Attorney in West Virginia’s Northern District. The Eastern Panhandle resident said he recognized the gravity of the work before him and is excited to begin.

“It’s so r

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