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Centerville Clinics to be featured in PBS documentary series

Centerville Clinics is set to be featured in a documentary series airing on PBS-TV stations this month.It was selected by the “Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid” project for a segment on health care in America. The program focuses on the role that federally qualified health centers like ...

Older adults express tempered enthusiasm about Social Security increase

news@greenecountymessenger.comLast weekĢƵ news of the largest Social Security benefits increase in decades was met with tempered enthusiasm by area older adults.“I could buy a new car with that,” Bob Rhome, of Washington, joked. “Anything is helpful today, with the price of ...

Greene emergency officials, DA at odds over ‘stop the bleed’ kits

news@greenecountymessenger.comThe Greene County district attorneyĢƵ office seized 18 “stop the bleed” kits meant for paramedics while treating trauma wounds, prompting backlash from county officials who said they had no right to be removed from their custody.Chief Detective Zachary Sams ...

Free COVID-19 testing available

With the goal of ensuring that K-12 students, staff and families have access to free COVID testing, Intermediate Unit 1 and PennWest California, in partnership with the state Department of Health and AMI Expeditionary Health Care, are currently hosting free COVID-19 testing sites.A mobile ...

State police seize more than 2,000 pounds of drugs

Pennsylvania State Police announced troopers seized more than 2,000 pounds of drugs at a value of more than $13 million in the third quarter of 2022.Troopers seized more than 108 pounds of cocaine, 144 pounds of methamphetamines, 85 pounds of fentanyl and more than 65,000 assorted narcotic ...