Carroll Silas Roy, 87, a former resident of Parsons and for the past 55 years, a resident of Bridgeport, passed from this life on Friday, June 2, 2023, at th
ONTARIO — A program aimed at reducing harm for people with substance use disorders that began in 2020 has been so successful that more than 15,000 syringes have been collected.
ANDREA LYNN ROY, of Huntington, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2021, at the Hospice House of Huntington. A beloved wife, daughter and aunt, she is survived by her husband, Kevin
A WHOLE host of Isle of Wight schools are getting involved in a new carnival project this summer. Carnivals up and down the country are working together to bring a celebration full of camaraderie, vibrancy and exuberance, to every child and young person. Many carnivals around the country are being forced to move online for the second year running.
Scroll down to send us your Mardi Gras pictures. Among those is The New Carnival Company’s Mardi Gras, which announced it would not be taking place in the streets this June. Hannah Ray of the New Carnival Company in costume.
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Approaching its first year in the community this month, the Malheur County Health Departmentâs Walk-Thru Wednesday program is going strong. An essential service that was launched just after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, Walk-Thru Wednesday is a PRIME Peer program aimed at providing peer-based harm reduction support for people who use drugs.
âThe purpose of Walk-Thru Wednesday is to meet people where theyâre at,â said Hannah Roy, certified recovery mentor for the health department.
Every Wednesday from noon to 3 p.m., Roy and other peers set up at Mallard Grocery in Ontario to offer resources, such as safer-use supplies and syringes, hygiene and wound care kits, safe sex supplies, educational materials, information about hepatitis and HIV testing and links to treatment when needed, and referral to other support programs, including Oregon Health Plan application assistance, WIC, family planning and home visiting.