PITTSBURGH — When the Hampton Battery was dedicated here in 1871 to a young Civil War soldier who lost his life protecting the Union at Chancellorsville, Va., […]
Tag: homelessness
April 3 letters to the editor
Save a life. Be an organ donor Every day, more people join the national organ transplant waiting list. By the end of this week, more than 140 […]
Crittenton Services, Lauren’s Wish, Catholic Charities join agencies at Hazel’s House of Hope
MORGANTOWN — An addiction triage center, a behavioral health provider and the largest private social service agency in West Virginia are adding their names to the roster […]
Skaff’s homeless bill would limit encampment locations
CHARLESTON — House Minority Leader Doug Skaff told members of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday kids walking to school shouldn’t have to fear because there’s a homeless […]
Sheriff’s deputies charge Washington man with breaking and entering
Monongalia County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Washington man now living at an area homeless shelter Wednesday. According to a press release from Sheriff Perry Palmer, deputies responded […]
Manchin announces money for homeless
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,134,042 from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to counties […]
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, […]
Speakers call on Morgantown Council to create emergency shelter downtown
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown needs an emergency warming shelter downtown. Representatives from the Morgantown Human Rights Commission, the ACLU of West Virginia, the Morgantown/Kingwood Branch […]
‘True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar’
Abraham could have asked for anything. The Make-A-Wish folks stood ready to make a dream come true for the 13-year-old boy, who has aplastic anemia, a life-threatening […]
Downtown needs its own warming shelter
Now that the temperatures are dipping below 40 degrees, Hazel House (formerly the Ramada Inn on Scott Avenue) is preparing to expand its emergency shelter into a […]
