Room With A View?
Steel stairs lead to the top of the Red Oak Fire Tower where there's a 14-foot square cabin with panoramic windows and a metal catwalk. There's electricity, but no water.
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Open Door Café Supports, Destigmatizes Unhoused Community
At Open Door Café in Wytheville, Virginia, gardening is a way to feed the hungry while breaking down the stigma of homelessness. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch visited Open Door Café and spoke with the volunteers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCouncil Tours W.Va. With Compassion Message For People Released From Incarceration
About seven years ago, the West Virginia Council of Churches created the West Virginia Reentry Council to help people navigate the probationary system while juggling everyday responsibilities.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Counties Implement ‘Family Treatment Court’ Hoping to Reunify More Families
Spend a Monday at the Boone County courthouse, and you’ll see judges and public attorneys overwhelmed with a surging number of child abuse and neglect…
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