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About 3 1/2 years ago, SPCA of York County embarked on changes to reduce the number of animals euthanized. Now, 95% leave the shelter alive.

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Blue Ridge Community College faculty and staff recently completed Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training at the Transylvania County Campus. Thanks to a grant, the intensive eight-hour training was free

Held every year in communities across the country, the point-in-time count is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in order for communities to receive federal funds for homeless assistance and homelessness prevention programs.

The City of Cambridge in Massachusetts is facing backlash after they posted a flier for a sporting even for girlx, an inclusive term that includes kids who identify as girls or with girlhood.

A famous American college town will host a sports night later this week intended for anyone who “identifies as a girl or with girlhood,” according to its website.

More than 50 community leaders gathered Wednesday at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Westminster for its annual ecumenical Blues Christmas and Community Homeless Memorial Service.

For more than three decades, Human Services Programs of Carroll County has designed programs to address the root causes of poverty in the county and help low-income households become more self sufficient.

As of Tuesday afternoon volunteers had given out 580 turkeys and 435 boxes of “fixings."

Carroll County Food Sunday, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Westminster, celebrated its 40th anniversary last month.