California Area School District students in Brieann Klima’s fourth grade class celebrated Earth Day in the school’s new greenhouse by preparing flowers, herbs and vegetable plants that they’ve been growing for their first flower and […]
By Michael Richter [email protected] Two men have been charged in connection with the shooting death of a Ringgold High School senior. State police charged Karon Whitlock, 20, and Windale Barfield Jr., 19, both of Washington, Pa., […]
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter [email protected] Two names have been added to a sign leading to Veterans Memorial Field in Charleroi in honor of dedicated volunteers who keep the facility up and running. The late Ron […]
By Sarah Pellis [email protected] The Belle Vernon Area school board approved preliminary budgets for the Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center and the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit at Monday’s meeting. The spending plans, which cover the […]
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI In 1874, Ulysses Grant was president, Levi Strauss patented his design for work pants and a group of Christians in the small country town of Belle Vernon founded a […]
By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The annual Mutt March from the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation returns May 4, this year with a “Star Wars” costume contest and onsite dog adoption from Cross Your Paws […]
By Sarah Pellis [email protected] White Oak welcomed Sarah Koenig, conservation director at the environmental nonprofit Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, to its April 15 meeting to discuss a potential pilot garden project in Heritage Hill […]
By the MVI Bridge Educational Foundation and its donor, U.S. Steel, donated $618,000 in scholarships to help families residing near U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley operations. School officials, scholarship families, U.S. Steel executives and state lawmakers gathered […]
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter [email protected] The Community Foundation of Fayette County is accepting new applicants for its Catalyst of Change grant. Awarded for the first time in 2023, each year the CFFC hosts the Gala […]
By MICHAEL RICHTER [email protected] Washington County and its internet service provider, Comcast, were awarded a $9.4 million grant to provide speedy internet access. Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority approved the grant to Washington County through the […]
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