Since September of this year, the United States military has been blowing up boats allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean. Whether these attacks are legal is hotly debated. Congress hasn’t decla...

We are proud to support the initiative of the Mon Valley Paws nonprofit organization, which held its annual Giveback Celebration at Foster House II on Tuesday to thank donors and the shelters they are...

The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...

Donora’s Alan Bradstock is challenging incumbent Republican Guy Reschenthaler. Donora native Alan Bradstock, who announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania’s 14th Co...

State Rep. Eric Davanzo is opposed to the law that guarantees legislators a salary increase each year. Pennsylvania lawmakers received a 3.25% automatic pay raise this week, lifting their base salary ...

FOR MOST PEOPLE, GETTING A RAISE is not a given. It is also a process. You have a performance evaluation. Your whole scope of work over the last year is reviewed. Did you meet expectations? Did you ex...

To the Editor: True, Trump is withholding federal assistance to certain universities for good reason. One case in point is Harvard. Harvard’s administration has promoted rampant antisemitism. Jewish s...

After two National Guard members were gunned down by an immigrant from Afghanistan, President Trump immediately seized on the shooting to escalate nativist fears of foreigners. “This attack underscore...

the media Although are not typically interested in helping Republicans win elections, they seem awfully concerned that Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Charlotte, North Carolina, could hurt the GOP...

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EDUCATION IS BUILT ON THE BASICS. ABCs become words, then sentences, then books. Counting becomes adding, then long division, then algebra. If you don’t get a good grounding at the primary level, ever...

A FIRE HYDRANT IS PART of the landscape, something your eye may just slide past. Like a light post or mailbox, it is expected to be just off the curb of a street. That makes them easy to ignore or to ...

Nearly four years ago, on Jan. 18, 2022, this newsletter wrote about a frenzy that was sweeping the anti-Trump world. It had to do with a novel theory regarding the 2020 presidential election dispute....

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern Tuesday about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers...

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Reyna Vega whips up simple breakfasts of eggs, fried bananas with cream and refried beans with corn tortillas a...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. ANDY SCHULTZ Wellesley College, and DAVID MCCUNE William Jewel College American democrac...

ABCs BECOME WORDS, then sentences, then books. Counting becomes adding, then long division, then algebra. If you don’t get a good grounding at the primary level, everything gets harder until the learn...

To the Editor: If you didn’t throw away the Wednesday, November 26 copy of The Mon Valley Independent (MVI), turn to page B6 and there you will find the article “Thankful for life’s big—and small —ble...

The current generation “Z” — those now roughly between 13 and 28 years old — is becoming our 21st-century version of the “Lost Generation.” Members of Gen Z are often nicknamed “Zoomers,” a term used ...

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE when you grow up? The older students get, the more complicated the answer can become. By the time they graduate high school, plenty of young adults don’t have a grasp on what th...