Opportunity is returning to the Mon Valley, as we saw Thursday in both Donora and McKeesport. Donora celebrated the expansion of Tech Met with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The current owners bought the ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Donora personal care home is set to lose its license after multiple state inspections revealed nearly 90 violations, including alleged patient abuse. The Pennsylva...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center representative made a presentation to the Elizabeth Forward School Board Wednesday night regarding the potential negative e...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Washington Township firefighter was transported to an area hospital following a Rostraver Township house fire Wednesday morning. The unidentified firefighter was a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District has launched its own app and it’s available for both Android and iPhone smartphone devices. The app is available in Google Play and the A...

By Bob Pajich For the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny School Board hired a new high school principal Wednesday. The board unanimously voted to hire David McDonald at an annual salary of $105,00...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two state officials were impressed Tuesday after a visit to a Center of Excellence facility in Monessen. Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller and Dep...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Millions of state-disbursed grant dollars aimed at repairing sewer systems and upgrading recreational facilities are headed to Mid-Mon Valley communities and municipal...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon is still recovering from last week’s heavy rains, fire Chief Rich Saxberg said Tuesday. “It was a river coming down the hillside,” Saxberg told his fell...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District is holding an active-shooter drill during a two-hour delay this morning, before students arrive at school for the day. Superintendent Meg...

By Bob Pajich The remnant rains of Tropical Storm Gordon caused another landslide in Glassport, forcing its mayor to declare an emergency and council to hold a meeting with an engineering firm. The De...

Apple Fest will feature BBQ, apple dumplings and folk music while Greenock Log House Days will host colonial reactors and vendors when the two events occur next to each other Saturday in Elizabeth Tow...

ROSTRAVER AIRPORT OFFICIALS received great news to the tune of $657,162 — thanks to a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The money will permit the Westmoreland County Airport Authority to...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley constituents who wanted to hear what candidates hoping for their votes in November had to say filled the Monongahela Fire Department social hall Monday ni...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Ruth Koontz left Monday’s meeting of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority, she was hopeful. Her Gilmore Avenue residence has flooded six times this year, most recent...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tensions and emotions were high at White Oak’s council meeting Monday night as several residents complained that raw sewage backed up into their homes during rainstorm...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Airport will begin the final phase of a rehabilitation project next month, thanks to a $657,162 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. Westmorelan...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners rejected a motion Monday to refer proposed amendments to the township’s oil and gas ordinance to both the township plan...

FIGHTING BLIGHT MAY GET a little easier in Fayette County as the commissioners are expected to become the first in the state to grant land bank powers to the county’s redevelopment authority. It’s a p...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two employees resigned from positions in Donora borough over the past month, and some officials are questioning how one replacement was hired. A sanitation clerk ...