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Substance abuse fuels foster care surge

West Virginia’s drug overdose mortality rate is the highest in the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 1,500 West Virginians   died from a drug overdose from May 2022 to May of this year. In addition, thousands more West Virginians have ...

Ascension Recovery Services to operate Hope Hill Sobering Center

MORGANTOWN -- After three unsuccessful attempts at hiring an executive director, the board of directors for the Hope Hill Sobering Center will contract out management of the facility, which should be operational “in the next month or two.” HHSC Board President Deana Morrow said the ...