A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Washington County’s district attorney and former president judge are immune from litigation after a witness sued them for holding him in contempt and jailing him when he refused to testify at a homicide defendant’s preliminary ...
Canton Township leadership will experience a shakeup later this month as Supervisor Vice Chairman Richard Horner is set to resign. According to Horner, he is proactively leaving the position ahead of a move to Ohio, which would render him ineligible to stay on the board of ...
Washington fire Chief Chris Richer has a new contract. City Council approved a deal at its meeting Thursday that is retroactive to Jan. 1 and runs through Dec. 31, 2030. Richer's salary is $97,000 with a 2% increase each year of the contract. Mayor JoJo Burgess praised the fire chief, who ...
Since the United States began a military campaign in Iran last weekend, the price of gas has jumped locally and nationwide. According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gas in Pennsylvania was $3.45 per gallon on Friday. That’s up 34 cents from last week. The trend in Pennsylvania is ...
South Strabane Township’s planning commission again tabled a vote on an ordinance regulating data centers. The seven-person commission, which only votes on whether or not to make recommendations to the board of supervisors, will meet again March 19. Solicitor Dennis Makel indicated at their ...
Nearly 50 years after it was discovered that an estimated 4,500 barrels filled with toxic waste were dumped and buried on a 650-acre strip mine in northwestern Washington County, federal environmental regulators are beginning to clean up the messy legacy left behind. The U.S. Environmental ...
