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PennWest to hold commencement

Pennsylvania Western University will have simultaneous commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday at its three campuses in California, Clarion and Edinboro. Nearly 900 students from the three campuses and online will graduate, although not all of them have chosen to participate in the ...

West Greene School District changing how school board members elected

After a seven-year experiment with at-large seats, the West Greene School District will be returning to having all seats on the nine-members board elected by region. In a hearing Monday, Greene County Judge Jeffry Grimes granted the district’s petition to gradually replace the three at-large ...

Robena Mine disaster mourned

The work life of the 37 miners who lost their lives in an explosion at the Robena Mine 63 years ago would still be all too recognizable to miners today, said Michael Phillippi. “I've listened to statements from survivors of Robena, and the things they said were the company put production ...

J-M instructor wins state Teacher of the Year

Naomi Brandstetter, a fifth-grade student at Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School, had a long list of reasons Monday why Maddie Loring should be named Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year. The fourth-grade math teacher has been Brandstetter’s favorite in all her years of schooling. She ...