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 ...
Congress must help address homelessness With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision (Grants Pass v. Johnson) allowing cities to prohibit homelessness without addressing its root causes, the urgency for Congress to come together and implement cooperative solutions is more pressing than ...
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 never had ‘housing-first’ In the most recent Morgantown City Council Committee of the Whole meeting, councilors stated Morgantown has used a housing-first strategy for years to address homelessness. While the city might have aspirations for a housing-first strategy, it ...
A couple weeks ago, a group from Morgantown Church of Christ approached Morgantown City Council about helping to build up to 50 non-congregate shelters as resources for the area’s unhoused community. Representatives from the church proposed putting up 10x12-foot overnight shelters, with two ...