The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applications for its Canoe Access Development Fund (CADF), which supports projects to improve canoe and kayak access to the region's waterways. The fund provides technical assistance and grants of up to $5,000 for the construction and ...
Chatting with a fellow firefighter shortly after the Waynesburg-Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company’s 50th anniversary, former chief Clovis Wright was asked if he thought the department would still be there for the 100th. His answer: “Somebody will carry on.” Wright’s words, ...
There’s good news and bad news on the measles front. First, the good news: Of the 12 confirmed cases of measles in Pennsylvania, none, thankfully, were in Washington, Greene or Fayette counties. Now for the bad: It’s only a matter of time before the highly contagious, once-eradicated ...
The former director of a local youth football league will head to trial on charges that alleged he embezzled about $235,000 from the organization. Charges against 57-year-old William Spencer were held for the Washington County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday. He had been scheduled to appear ...
Drivers in Western Pennsylvania are beginning to feel the impact of a conflict over 6,000 miles away. Since the Iran War began a little over a week ago, critical supply chains for oil have faced sustained disruption, causing a jump of more than 45 cents per gallon of gas over that time, ...
The Dunkard Township supervisors unanimously approved the application for a solar farm in Dilliner at its meeting Monday. The 3.706-megawatt Aquatong Creek Solar Farm is planned to be located on nine acres of private property being leased off of Old Water Works Road. A project packet prepared ...
