While we applaud Bartlett House for adding beds to its shelter for the winter, we are disappointed that no one has stepped up to provide a warming […]
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‘If this community cannot solve this problem, then no community can’
MORGANTOWN — Janette Lewis said this winter’s warming shelter experience has demonstrated the overwhelming level of need for low-barrier shelters as an option for unhoused individuals in […]
Health Right clinic move on hold, Friendship House shutting down
MORGANTOWN — In September 2021, the city of Morgantown approached Milan Puskar Health Right with an offer — agree to move the clinic (341 Spruce Street) and […]
It’s not as simple as ‘get a job’
When frigid temperatures struck Morgantown over the Christmas weekend, organizations and volunteer groups struggled to find accommodations for 110 people who are homeless. Sixty people hunkered down […]
Warming shelter opens for winter 2022-23
As the chill of winter sets in, several organizations and individuals have come together to manage and operate a cold weather shelter. The Monongalia County warming shelter […]
Mon Commission joins Morgantown Council in backing emergency warming shelter
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday approved $38,041 to help fund a warming shelter at Hazel’s House of Hope. The allocation matches the funding amount […]
Bloom defends collaborative warming shelter effort at Hazel’s House of Hope
MORGANTOWN — In its first year of operation at Hazel’s House of Hope, the city and county funded warming shelter has had its share of growing pains […]
Dec. 5 letters to the editor
Downtown must have own warming shelter Monongalia Friends Meeting has a deep concern for our neighbors in Morgantown who are without shelter this winter. As Quakers, we […]
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 […]
