BY REBECCA L. HUNN, For The Dominion Post They were the heartbeat of America’s neighborhoods — mom and pop groceries with their aproned butchers, delivery trucks, and cashiers fluent in the neighborhood gossip. But as time marched on, the mom and pops succumbed and the lights went ...
When Monongalia County Health Department teamed with Grindr, a dating app geared toward the LBGTQ+ community, county health officer Dr. Lee B. Smith had no idea how many people might be educated about the county’s syphilis outbreak. It started earlier this year when Smith learned, ...
MORGANTOWN -- In August 2015, Milan Puskar Health Right’s LIGHT Program began. The acronym stands for “Living in Good Health Together,” and the program’s ultimate goal is helping people get treatment for addiction. Along the way, the focus is on harm reduction. Among the ...
Shea Campbell, the tenacious WVU linebacker who plays his last game as a Mountaineer today against TCU, never did say if he actually liked the movie. “Hey, kid! You’re not supposed to be here.” “Hey, this place is really something, huh? Someday, I’m gonna come out of that ...
Morgantown City Manager Paul Brake rolled out a 9- to 12-month “systematic process” through which the city can collect information and, ultimately, present findings and recommendations in dealing with some of the issues facing the city’s downtown business district. That process will ...
The community Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Wesley United Methodist Church has grown a lot since it started. Volunteer Dorothy Minch-Bledsoe said she’s been amazed at how involved the community has become in the annual meal, which was hosted for the 11th year on Thanksgiving Day. She ...