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Should people on public assistance be tested for illegal drug usage? A woman identifying herself as Sam Evans, top photo, put that question to Gov. Joe Manchin in Beckley Tuesday night in a Vision Shared town hall-style gathering. That was one of few questions to which the governor had no response. To his left is chief of staff Larry Puccio. The two-hour questioning began with Brenda Milam of Helen, bottom photo, encouraging all of West Virginia to pattern a community spirit in her home area that has led to civic improvements after the coal industry moved on.


