Portage County held its first Peer Recovery Supporter Training in May. A peer supporter is someone with a shared experience of living...

The Family Conference on Addiction organized by the Portage Substance Abuse Community Coalition was held on May 4. Rose Deroia, a...

photo credit: Record Courier, February 2019 Peer recovery supporters are partnering with Portage County first responders to offer help to...

Officers Bill Atha of the Kent State University Police Department, Chris Hartlaub of the NEOMED Police Department, and Ryan Wolf of the...

The community wished retiring Mental Health & Recovery Board Executive Director Joel Mowrey, PhD well at a reception held in his honor in...

Portage County police officers received Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training to help them handle incidents involving people...

Portage County will be receiving more drug-deactivation pouches for residents to use to safely dispose of unused medications. The Rx...

The community joined the Board in welcoming John Garrity, PhD as the new executive director of the Mental Health & Recovery Board....

University Hospitals Portage Medical Center, 6847 N. Chestnut Street, Ravenna, and the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County...

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) participated in an opioid roundtable discussion hosted by Hope Village Recovery Center with the Mental...