Adding to their challenges, a different drug is circulating the New River Valley, raising concerns for everyone: purple heroin. “It’s being sold as heroin, but it’s primarily fentanyl.

The month of January was tough for the people at Rise Above NRV Harm Reduction as they saw a rise in overdoses across the valley while combating cold temperatures.

Wednesday’s crash was the deadliest in the U.S. since Nov. 12, 2001, when a jet slammed into a New York City neighborhood just after takeoff, killing all 260 people on board and five on the ground.

During the operation, one of the responding units became stuck on rocks along the river. Crews worked to retreive the boat and eventually got it back to shore. For live traffic updates ...

− Crews returned to the Potomac River and forged ... a passenger jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter. Video showed a crane pulling more wreckage from the icy waters as piles of mangled debris lay on a ...

− Crews returned to the Potomac River and forged ahead with a massive salvage effort on Wednesday, one week after a horrifying midair crash that killed all 67 people aboard a passenger jet and ...

Father in car was among 7 killed in Philadelphia medevac jet crash. His 9-year-old son is fighting for his life By Rebekah Riess and Danny Freeman , CNN ...

Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Feb. 6. For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday, Feb. 7.

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