For a woman, life on the streets offers no glamor or beauty. Surviving outside amongst the elements takes grit, strength, and a special kind of resilient spirit that many of the unhoused women in Wheeling possess.

There are some very powerful reports coming out of the Ohio River Valley Institute stressing the need for the Valley to transition to a sustainable future.

While everyone’s’ lives around me seemed to be moving forward, I was stuck.

Jennah Miller had a history of pulling together the pieces of her life to create beauty.

There is a cliche that says, "Respect is earned, not given." However, there is another side of that coin – human dignity – which recognizes that all persons hold an intrinsic value merely for being a human being.

In our street medicine program, Project HOPE long recognized that there were three times as many males experiencing homelessness as there were females. Or so it seemed.

Remembering our friends and neighbors.

Every morning for 13 months, Lauren Kotz peered down from her prison bunk into her newborn baby’s crib. Twenty-two days into her detention, she gave birth to her daughter.

As ideas started forming in our minds, we realized there were more than enough stories about women to fill an entire paper.

It’s easy agreeing with love. However, giving mental assent and actually living it are two different things.

Step 1: Admitted that we were powerless over our addiction and our lives had become unmanageable.

In my sixth year of living with epilepsy, I experienced a satori, the moment in the Buddhist tradition when one’s intuitive wisdom reveals a new way of seeing. It’s also called “riding the wind.”

Heard it on the Mountain is a recurring space for local organizations to provide updates on what they've been up to, any upcoming plans/projects, and resources/items they may need!

Test your crossword solving skills.

Photography is a way to translate empathy into static images, giving one a better sense of someone’s life and perception.