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PITTSBURGH – In the first stop on a campaign blitz less than a month before Election Day, former President Barack Obama used a campaign stop at the University of Pittsburgh to excoriate his successor who is also the current Republican presidential candidate. “I don’t understand why ...

Former Pennsylvanians take shelter in Florida

With Hurricane Milton bearing down, Pete Zapadka and Amy Johns sought shelter on higher ground near their Palm Harbor, Fla., home. The married couple moved south to Florida in 2019. Johns is originally from Canonsburg. Zapadka was a local news editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and at ...

Businesses across Southwestern Pennsylvania have rallied to drum up truckloads of donations to send to the victims of Hurricane Helene. Helene made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida and moved up the east coast. More than 220 people have died, though the death toll continues to rise. In North ...

Summer has given way to fall, and with that the green of the leaves is fading away for a burst of color before the trees lie dormant for the winter. It is a given that each year the leaves will change color and fall to the ground, but what is happening inside a leaf that causes this ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and renewable energy developer Oriden celebrated the launch of three solar farms, two of which are in Fayette County, with a ceremonial flipping of the switch last week. Pechin Solar Farm, located in Dunbar Township, welcomed local and state officials along with ...

UPDATE: This story was updated Oct. 10 to correct an error regarding the administration of royalties to landowners for natural gas drilling. Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Oil and natural gas ...