King Coal Association celebrates area’s mining history
Greene County residents won’t see a property tax increase in 2026. The commissioners approved a $20 million general fund budget, up 1.1% from last year, at their meeting last Thursday. Overall spending for the county is targeted at $37.1 million, down about 0.5% from 2025. That $188,000 decline is less than half the drop in Act 13 fundås, disbursed annually to cover the impacts of drilling for unconventional gas wells. Those funds fell more than $411,000, to under $3.5 million. Jared Edgreen, chairman of the commissioners, said the board is taking a fiscally conservative approach, making no major changes from the previous year. He and Finance Director Jeremy Kelly described ...
When one door closes, another one opens. And that will certainly be the case very soon at the Washington County Courthouse. Workers from StoneMile Group LLC spent this week installing six brand new doors at the courthouse ahead of the planned reopening of the building’s majestic front ...
More than three decades ago, Wesley Health Center opened its doors to provide medical service to those without insurance. Not long after, it became a place for providing health care for all individuals 18 and older. “Many people were having trouble paying their deductible, the co-pay or ...
By John Sacco Contributing Writer Waynesburg University was looking for an ace recruiter with a track record of success and a name known across the region as its next football coach. The Yellow Jackets found that guy. Larry Wilson, most recently the offensive coordinator for Clarion and ...
McMURRAY – Vitt Emerich picked a pretty good time to make her first basket of the night. A once comfortable double-digit lead for the Trinity girls basketball team had dwindled to four points late in the fourth quarter, when Emerich found herself alone with the ball beyond the arc and ...
TORONTO (AP) — Max Domi scored the winner with 8:25 remaining to snap a 23-game goalless streak and added an assist to end the Toronto Maple Leafs' three-game slide with a 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Domi danced around Pittsburgh newcomer Brett Kulak for the deciding ...
I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...
Many people think writing a book is driven by lightning bolts of inspiration that propel an author forward. Katherine Mansfield isn’t one of them. “There are definitely points when something comes out of the ether and rests on your brain … but I think true creativity is just ...
