West Virginia
Annual homeless count effort takes place this week – WV MetroNews
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Point-in-Time Count (PIT) is a federally required, annual count of people experiencing homelessness, taking place this year this Wednesday and Thursday.
The data collected during PIT is what HUD uses to determine funding levels, program priorities, and resource allocation for communities across the state.
“We do it every year towards the end of January and the goal of it is to determine how many we have experiencing homelessness in every county,” Berkeley County Community Outreach for Resources and Education (C.O.R.E.) Team Case Manager Caroline Wilson said. “It actually takes place across the entire nation and all of that data informs funding and services for homelessness.”
There are certain guidelines to follow to count a person as being homeless, West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness Outreach Specialist Roxie Besaw said.
“Someone who is literally homeless, on the street, someone at risk of losing their housing and someone fleeing from domestic violance,” she said.
Both Wilson and Besaw said during a recent appearance on Panhandle Live homeless people often are heading to work every day, but a bit hurdle, is affordable housing.
“There are plenty of people with incomes that are not able to afford housing,” Wilson said. “One thing that I see a lot is that people on Social Security, whether it’s SSI, disability or retirement, who cannot afford a place to live.”
In numbers tabulated during the previous PIT count, the Eastern Panhandle had the highest numbers of homeless people in the state with more than 250 counted during a 24 hour period last January.
Statewide according to figures from the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, 883 individuals were identified as homeless in the count statewide.
There will be a kick off event for the Berkeley County PIT Count Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church in Martinsburg.
For more information or to sign up, go to wvceh.org/pit
Tracking the numbers year after year helps advocates trends, identify gaps, and advocate for what communities actually need.
Advocates said the more volunteers who show up, the more accurate the count can be, which especially important in rural counties that are often underrepresented.
CLENDENIN, W.Va . (WSAZ) – Gov. Patrick Morrisey visited Clendenin West Virginia Saturday during Summerfest.
10 years ago a devastating flood swept through the community.
The governor announced $450,000 of funding for a Streetscape project during a commemoration for the June 2016 flood. The funding will go toward Clendenin’s main street – improving sidewalks, landscaping, and other pedestrian amenities.
Funding for the project comes from the Transportation Alternatives Program – a federal initiative to fund smaller scale transportation projects.
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It was a phenomenal year for the West Virginia Mountaineers on the diamond, and even with the season having been over for over a week now, the honors continue to roll in.
On Friday, second baseman/catcher Gavin Kelly and left-handed starting pitcher Maxx Yehl were both named First-Team All-Americans by D1Baseball.com. It is the first time in program history that two Mountaineers have been recognized as First-Team All-Americans in the same season.
Gavin Kelly
Kelly was essentially everyone’s pick to have a breakout season for the Mountaineers in 2026, but I’m not sure anyone expected him to do it the way he did. He hit nearly .400 all year and went on a power surge out of nowhere toward the end of the season, becoming one of the top home run hitters in the country over the last month or so of the year.
Kelly was named a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, the MVP of the Morgantown Regional, and is currently participating in the Team USA Collegiate National Team training camp in Cary, North Carolina. For the year, he hit .382 with 19 home runs and 63 RBI, cementing himself as a top draft prospect in 2027.
Maxx Yehl
Maxx Yehl was one of the best stories in all of college baseball that didn’t get talked about nearly enough. He was forced to sit out the 2025 season as he was recovering from Tommy John surgery, and prior to this season, Yehl worked exclusively out of the bullpen. The plan all along was to eventually stretch him out into a starter, and in his first year in the role, he was one of the best in the entire country.
Steve Sabins and Co. did a good job of playing it safe with him early, letting him only go two and four innings in his first two starts before turning him loose. There were a couple of moments where Mountaineer fans had to take a deep breath after he was removed from two starts, one of which was in the Morgantown Regional against Kentucky. He bounced back strong and two days later, pitched a gem against the Wildcats, helping the team advance to the super regionals for the third straight season.
Yehl finished the season with a 9-3 record, an ERA of 2.13, and 112 strikeouts to just 26 walks. He was also the first WVU hurler to win Big 12 Pitcher of the Year since Alek Manoah, who did it in 2019.
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