‘Years of poor decisions’ cause substance abuse, health nonprofit to temporarily suspend operations

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Nonprofit River Region Human Services announced to the News4JAX I-TEAM Thursday that they are “temporarily suspend[ing] operations.” River Region has been a pillar in the local recovery…

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6 Twin Lakes students become sick after eating unknown gummy substance

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Law enforcement stepped in to investigate a Monday incident that caused several students at Twin Lakes Middle School to become sick from eating an unknown gummy stance….

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Nonprofit that runs suddenly shuttered substance abuse facility got nearly $500K from city in last 3 months

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – River Region Human Services, which suddenly closed a long-standing residential substance abuse facility in December, has received close to half a million dollars from the city of…

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Current, former employees of Jacksonville substance abuse facility say mismanagement led up to abrupt closure, CEO exit

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville residential substance abuse facility abruptly closed earlier this month, according to current and former employees of River Region Human Services. Sources told News4JAX that years…

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