On this West Virginia Week, we learned about human trafficking in the state.

We heard from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., about his decision not to run again for the U.S. Senate.

We also heard from community members on the West Side in Charleston facing the natural gas outage. 

Briana Heaney is our host this week. Our theme music is by Matt Jackfert.

West Virginia Week is a web-only podcast that explores the week's biggest news in the Mountain State. It's produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caroline MacGregor, Chris Schulz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Liz McCormick, and Randy Yohe.

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