This Thanksgiving, several organizations and local businesses are pitching in to make sure those in need do not go hungry. Though the federal government has reopened, the delay in SNAP benefits for November could be leaving many families in the lurch as the holiday approaches. Below are ...
Regarded as the “most wonderful time of the year,” the holidays can be the opposite for those who have lost loved ones. While many are caught up in the excitement and planning gatherings, others wonder how they will endure the season. “Surviving the Holidays," a no-cost, two-hour ...
Lithium-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in how products are powered – from cellphones to power tools to electric vehicles. However, they do pose a fire risk under certain circumstances. Jim Dahle, the director of safety and risk management for Pennsylvania Western University’s ...
A Donora man was sentenced last month to more than 12 years in prison on federal drug and gun charges following his conviction earlier this year. Tre Robert Goins, 31, was ordered to serve 146 months in prison followed by four years on supervised release during his Oct. 21 sentencing before ...
Rubble and the steel skeletal structure are all that remain of the Brownson House building, which hosted youth sports for decades in Washington. Crews recently began demolishing the 115-year-old building on Jefferson Avenue as the nonprofit organization that operated the facility plans to ...
Taxes should remain steady in Donora next year. Council approved advertising a $2,711,000 budget for 2026 that keeps the tax rate at 9 mills. The millage breakdown is a general tax rate of 8.625 mills, fire tax of 0.125 mills, recreation tax of 0.219 mills and library tax of 0.031 mills. ...
