Fruth, which has a dozen stores in West Virginia, has announced a sale of its pharmacies to Walgreens. Fruth has served residents in the Mountain State since 1952 when founder Jack Fruth opened the first store in Point Pleasant.

A lawsuit filed against GoodRx earlier this year alleges that the company is orchestrating an illegal price-fixing scheme with major pharmacy benefit managers that artificially suppresses reimbursement rates paid to independent pharmacies for generic drugs.

“This is the first time this community is not going to have a pharmacy,” Cannon explained. “Now that this one’s closed, they’ll have 20 miles in any direction to get to the nearest pharmacy.”