Tourism agency touts $804M in visitor spending in Washington County
The Washington County Conservation District is seeking a director or associate director to help shape how the county manages agricultural practices and vital natural resources like water quality, forestry, and soil erosion. As a governmental subdivision, the Conservation District is governed by a seven-member board, which leads a team of nine staff members. This team works closely with landowners and residents to implement conservation practices and provide education on environmental issues and trends. Board members meet monthly to oversee conservation programs and collaborate with local governments, state, and federal agencies. While the position is unpaid, expenses for meetings ...
For the first time in 35 years, Pennsylvania has recorded a little more than 1,000 cases of the measles, the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Monday. While the outbreak has so far bypassed Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, Allegheny County reported its first case Monday. The ...
Crews began reassembling the cast-iron bridge in Brownsville this week nearly two years after the historic 187-year-old span over Dunlap Creek was dismantled for a total refurbishing. The painstaking work began Monday afternoon as the heavy cast-iron segments were lifted high into the air with ...
An Alabama man is facing felony charges after Washington police said he pistol whipped a woman and then fired a gunshot into the ground next to her during an argument outside her city residence early Monday morning. Police said they were called to the 300 block of Locust Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. for a report of a gunshot fired in the neighborhood. Police said they spoke to a woman who told them that Destin Johnson, with whom she was having an intimate relationship, attacked her after he saw her with another man, according to court documents. The woman told investigators that Johnson pistol whipped her in the head during an argument outside her home and then continued to assault ...
Ryan Moessner was one of the best soccer players in the WPIAL during his days at Bentworth High School, using his goal-scoring prowess to lead the Bearcats to three consecutive district championships and the school’s first PIAA title last fall. Moessner has taken those goal-scoring skills ...
OAKMONT – When the U.S. Open comes to Oakmont Country Club, as it did last year, the course usually takes center stage and overshadows the professional golfers that make their way to Western Pennsylvania. It’s known for being one of the toughest tests in golf and riddling the game’s ...
West Virginia football has its weekly press conferences on Tuesday around noon. Rich Rodriguez goes first for around 20 minutes, followed by defensive coordinator Zac Alley, and then select players. Usually, everyone looks forward to hearing what Rodriguez has to say, but for the second ...
As recently as early summer, artificial intelligence, or AI, was far from the center of public concern or worry. Now, it's at center stage, though to many it remains a mystery. During a recent class reunion, a friend confided that AI was a head-scratcher. "I don't know anything about it," he ...
“Dancing at the Firehall” will be held at the Center Township Volunteer Fire Department in Rogersville on Saturday, Oct. 10., from 7 to 10 p.m. Dances will include waltzes, polkas, line dancing, square dances and more. Dave Dahl will also take requests. Light refreshments will be ...
