MORGANTOWN – After more than 40 years in downtown Morgantown – first on Pleasant Street, followed by 23 years at its current Spruce Street location – Milan Puskar Health Right […]
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35th World AIDS Day highlights progress, local organizations spread awareness and fight concerning trends
The beginning of December marked the 35th World AIDS Day, providing an opportunity for medical professionals and community members alike to reflect on advances since the AIDS epidemic began in […]
Health Right to combat ‘poor understanding’ of addiction, harm reduction
MORGANTOWN — Two things become apparent listening to Milan Puskar Health Right Executive Director Laura Jones discuss the agency’s needle exchange program. One, she believes wholeheartedly in the concept of […]
Morgantown must find a warming shelter before winter
While we applaud Bartlett House for adding beds to its shelter for the winter, we are disappointed that no one has stepped up to provide a warming shelter for the […]
Jones: Health Right clinic move remains at least a year away
MORGANTOWN — Milan Puskar Health Right Executive Director Laura Jones said the Health Right Board of Directors has not lost hope that Health Right’s Spruce Street clinic will eventually relocate […]
People needed to count homeless
In collaboration with the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, Health Right will coordinate a street count of individuals experiencing homelessness beginning at 4 p.m. Jan. 25 until 3:59 p.m. […]
Lewis: Location of warming shelter not an attempt to hide city’s homeless population
MORGANTOWN — Janette Lewis agrees Hazel’s House of Hope, some four miles from the city’s downtown, is not the ideal location for Morgantown’s emergency warming shelter. That, she said, is […]
Mon Commission approves $200,000 for Milan Puskar Health Right relocation
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved $200,000 to assist Milan Puskar Health Right as it prepares to move out of its longtime home on Spruce Street. The […]
City lays out plans for ARPA dollars
MORGANTOWN — One million dollars for flood mitigation and $800,000 for the relocation of Milan Puskar Health Right out of the city’s downtown are among the items included on a […]
Morgantown Cleanup Project, Health Right team up to offer sharps cleanup training
MORGANTOWN — When Morgantown Deputy Mayor Danielle Trumble started the Morgantown Cleanup Project Facebook group, she expected a handful of friends to sign on. In less than a year, more […]
