 Appalachian Wireless proudly brings you unlimited data. Unlimited data is only $80 a month for a single line. Four lines as low as $200. Better service? Bigger savings? That's today's Appalachian Wireless. An East Kentucky network company. The address beats low to 25 gigabytes per line to 512 kilobits for phones and tablets. And 15 gigabytes for motors. See store for more details. The Needle Exchange program in Floyd County has been up and running for just over a year now. It was implemented as a proactive way for health officials to battle the rising acute hepatitis C and HIV cases in the area. Program officials say since that time they've seen positive results. We've given out 25,568 needles. We've got in 19,593 which is a 77% return rate so that's pretty great. So we're hoping in three to five years we'll see those hepatitis rates and HIV rates decrease in our area. Early on the program struggled to gain participants but that is not the case now as Martha assures that every measure is taken to protect their anonymity. There is a series of questions but there's no identifiers that we can relate back to that individual. We do not store that information to keep to give out to anyone. There's a total of 680 total visits with 169 total participants at this time. There has been much public debate over the program. The public often questions why addicts are given needles and diabetics are not. Martha says the two aren't comparable. I don't know of any diabetics that actually share needles so the risk of getting hepatitis C or HIV from another diabetic is very slim. Public health, promote, prevent and educate and that's what we're doing. For more information on the Floyd County Needle Exchange program visit the web address listed on your screen. Reporting from Pristinsburg, I'm Shawn Allen for EKB News.