This is where the Hatfields and McCoys duked it out. Sounds like the area hasn’t had a whole lot of improvement in the corruption department since then.
Politicians and a few businessmen run Lincoln,Logan,Mingo, McDowell, and Wyoming Counties as their personal fiefdoms. Corrupt and illegal as all get out, but in a strange way the system and its patronage keeps the serfs employed, food on their tables, and a roof over their heads. Legitimate employment is hard to find in Southern WV.