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FEMA for firefighters: Fairmont launching wellness program for department

FAIRMONT – When fire roared through the former J.G. Lampkin Funeral Home on Pennsylvania Avenue this past February, memories weren’t the only thing that went up with the flames. All the carpets, curtains, wood-paneled walls and gilded adornments – not to mention the antique furniture ...

Feeling blue or confused? Help is nearby

Roger Neptune was already in search of a support group when a brochure fell off a table in a therapist’s waiting room. He picked it up. That’s how he learned about the West Virginia chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA WV), the organization he now heads up as ...

Bonnie’s Buses to bring mammograms to region

MORGANTOWN – Bonnie's Bus mobile mammography will visit Wetzel, Harrison and Marion counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Buses will be at: ...

Five Pennsylvania hospitals join WVU Health System

MORGANTOWN – Butler Memorial Hospital, Clarion Hospital, Frick Hospital, Latrobe Hospital and Westmoreland Hospital, as well as their affiliated physician practices and outpatient facilities, officially joined the West Virginia University Health System on Thursday. Previously operated under ...

Increased salmonella cases in Mon County

MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Health Department is currently investigating a higher-than-normal number of reported Salmonella infection cases within the county. Health officials are actively working to determine whether these cases represent an ongoing outbreak or a closed event, as well ...