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HUNTINGTON — Huntington City Council Chairwoman and District 6 representative Holly Smith Mount has distributed a portion of her designation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to Harmony House

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit has issued the latest alert in response to an increa...

HUNTINGTON — Biotech company BTNX reported shipping out xylazine test strips at the end of March, and Cabell County health officials said while it could take time to get the

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is warning the public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with a powerful non-opioid animal sedative, xylazine - a deadly combination commonly known as “Tranq”. This dangerous illicit drug mixture has been found across the U.S. states, including in St. Mary’s County.    Xylazine and fentanyl drug mixtures place users at a higher risk of suffering a fatal drug poisoning. Because xylazine is not an opioid, nalo...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is warning the public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with a powerful non-opioid animal sedative, xylazine - a deadly combination commonly known as “Tranq”. This dangerous illicit drug mixture has been found across the U.S. states, including in St. Mary’s County.    Xylazine and fentanyl drug mixtures place users at a higher risk of suffering a fatal drug poisoning. Because xylazine is not an opioid, nalo...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is warning the public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with a powerful non-opioid animal sedative, xylazine - a deadly combination commonly known as “Tranq.”

50 Years Ago■ Four Northampton High School students, looking for something to make “out of the ordinary,” chose to build kayaks in their woodshop class this year. Paul St. Laurence, junior, ordered a set of plans, and the other three, Edward Thornton,...

The relocation of the Syringe Exchange Program was the hot topic at the County Commissioners meeting earlier this morning. The seats were filled with many people for and against where

Grey Bruce Public Health issued an alert after receiving reports of three drug overdoses/poisonings, including one fatal overdose, that occurred within a…

Boston public health officials have alerted health care providers in the city about a “concerning” increase in overdoses that connect the powerful opioid fentanyl to the use of cocaine.