The Westmoreland commissioners are expected to allocate more than $577,000 in revenue from the county’s opioid lawsuit settlement to pay for the expansion of a private drug rehabilitation center at Independence Health Frick Hospital in Mt. Pleasant. The money will help finance a portion of a $1.4 million project that
Westmoreland County’s new human services department will be expanded to advocate for health and welfare concerns, including homelessness prevention, and programs to deal with food insecurity. Commissioners this week approved creation of four new positions and revised job descriptions for two others as part of an overall increase in the