In the News

Below are stories that come from various news outlets, organizations and other community groups & entities. These topics cover substance use disorder, mental illness and more.

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Recovery ministry duplicates successful Travis House with Love Life for women, September 2023
Yampa Valley drug overdoses lead to 474 ER visits in the past seven years, September 2023
HRC Column: Language Matters, September 2023
More than 1 out of 10 adults in Routt County are considered heavy drinkers, August 2023
Men Much More Prone to Drug Overdose Death than Women, July 2023
Local expert provides heightened substance-abuse training for Moffat County Sheriff’s Office, January 2023
Learn to recognize overdose, secure free harm reduction kits at Bud Werner Library’s fentanyl film screening, January 2023
To keep people from returning to jail, Mesa County follows other communities’ reentry roadmap, November 2022
Lift the Label campaign continues to address stigma around addiction and barriers for people needing help, November 2022
MRH lands $3 million in federal grants to improve regional response to substance use, behavioral health disorders, November 2022
Second annual Travis House Golf Tournament tees off Friday morning, August 2022
Monday Medical: Preventing substance abuse, August 2022
Monday Medical: The path to recovery, August 2022
Monday Medical: How substance abuse starts, July 2022
Steamboat program plants seeds for music connection across Yampa Valley, July 2022
New sober living house moves in to Glen Erie neighborhood in Craig, July 2022
Fentanyl is everywhere, and showing up in other illicit drugs, June 2022
Colorado distributes record number of naloxone doses to organizations statewide, June 2022
The role of trauma and mental health in addiction, June 2022
Community support is key for Steamboat’s only faith-based, sober living house, June 2022
Fentanyl education event Tuesday in Hayden, May 2022
Fentanyl tainted pills bought on social media cause drug fatalities among youth to soar, May 2022
Medication-assisted treatment helped get former Steamboat Resident on road to sobriety, May 2022
Steamboat couple testifies at state senate on fentanyl crisis, April 2022
Awareness event hopes to ensure parents are not last to know about fentanyl, April 2022
Fentanyl an issue Routt County can’t ignore, April 2022
States look for solutions as fentanyl deaths keep rising, April 2022
MRH moving to create Crisis Stabilization Unit for those in urgent need of mental, behavioral or substance use-related care, January 2022
One pill can kill, January 2022
Substance abuse widespread across region — so is support, November 2021
Lifesaving medication for opioid overdoses ‘as important as knowing CPR’, October 2021
Jail-based Behavioral Services seek to diminish revolving door effect at Moffat County Jail, September 2021
DEA issues alert on counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, September 2021
Fentanyl has made it to the Mountain West and its death toll is rising, August 2021
Fentanyl, cops and courts: How we’re addressing the growing overdose crisis, August 2021
Some solutions to the West’s overdose crisis: Test strips and data, August 2021
Statewide program helps farmers, ranchers access mental health services, August 2021