“No American should face homelessness,” reads the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s news release accompanying the January 2024 Point-In-Time Count Report. Yes, the data is a year old, but each year’s snapshot give us a better understanding of how many in our ...
Though the winter has been mild for many in our region over the last several days, we have entered a season during which we have even more reasons to be cautious about how we heat and light our homes. Working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are essential. On Christmas Day, four adult ...
We’ve done it. We’ve reached the end of 2024 and are looking ahead to all the possibility 2025 holds. Some may be planning to put 2024 firmly behind them and not look back, others may have much upon which to build from one year to the next. Whatever the case — whether our dreams include ...
* When we think of what children want and need at Christmastime, most of us are thinking toys, maybe coats … but our minds don’t often turn to shoes. Fortunately, there those among us who DO make sure children in need have the shoes they need. Through the Robert E. Fouss Memorial Fund, Rob ...
As our economy diversifies and the education and career paths of the past are no longer the right fit for as many of our students, West Virginia’s young people are taking advantage of a program that allows them to take college courses — for free — while they are still in high school. In ...
West Virginians have been desperately searching for the means to loosen the grip of the substance abuse epidemic that has plagued us for so long. Perhaps this week’s distribution of the first round of West Virginia First Foundation Initial Opportunity grant funding will mark the turning of ...
