Deaths by suicide across the Yampa Valley fell slightly during 2023 compared to previous years and, at the same time, almost 230 citizens took advantage of free professional counseling services through the nonprofit Reaching Everyone.
An uptick of people in Routt and Moffat counties taking advantage of free and confidential counseling sessions funded through Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide may be helping to lower the number of deaths by suicide in.
The grace of a dancer infused the life of Steamboat Springs resident Gina Toothaker. Her husband, Michael Toothaker, whom she met some 20 years ago through their work at Mind Springs Health in Craig, said.
Last year was particularly tough in Routt County for suicide tragedies with 11 deaths by suicide, according to nonprofit Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide. “We haven’t seen numbers like this is in over a decade,” said.
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