dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Trey Kay, host of the West Virginia Public Broadcasting podcast Us & Them – told a group of nearly 100 people gathered in the Mountainlair Gluck Theater about a homeless man named Randy he met in Charleston. Randy told him he'd been ...
MORGANTOWN — Jessica Thompson, shelter director for Catholic Charities’ Grace Shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope, has confirmed that the shelter’s capacity has recently been reduced from 28 beds to 19 beds. The issue comes down to fire code. “During our evaluation and the ...
by Tinisch Hollins California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people. The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, ...
Protect old-growth in Monongahela Forest An executive order from 2022 directed the U.S. Forest Service to develop climate-smart plans to conserve old growth and mature forests, and that plan, called the National Old Growth Amendment (NOGA) is now out for public comment. However, this ...
MORGANTOWN -- As of Friday afternoon, Bartlett Housing Solutions was still staffing and funding the operation of the emergency shelter in Hazel’s House of Hope. The shelter hasn’t accepted a new intake in months and was slated to close no later than June 30 without ...
The subject of homelessness and how best to handle it has been front and center in local discussions for well over a year now, but the conversation has taken a more urgent tone since winter. First, it was the struggle to open a warming shelter during the coldest months. Then it was the ...