As winter turns to spring, back to winter and into spring again, it is prime time for potholes to begin forming on local roadways. The state Department of Transportation’s District 12 will spend more than $1.8 million and use about 1,900 tons of asphalt to fix potholes across Washington, ...
For 118 years Russell Brothers Building Supply has operated in Washington, but it will come to an end today as the owner enters retirement. David Russell was the third generation to run the West Wylie Avenue business, taking over after his father and grandfather before him. Charles ...
One person was flown to Pittsburgh Thursday after a construction vehicle hit a worker on Interstate 70 in Somerset Township. According to the Washington County 911 supervisor, first responders were called at about 12:38 p.m. to the 25.1 mile marker on I-70 east, just past the Eighty-Four ...
In the summertime drivers can always expect to come across more work zones on the road, and there is a pivotal role on those crews that ensure cars make it through in a safe and orderly fashion – the flagger. The flaggers stand on either end of a work zone with signs instructing drivers to ...
Two new Sheetz locations are springing up quickly in Washington County. The Altoona-based convenience store chain is close to finishing work on a store at the intersection of North Main and East Pike streets in Houston. The Houston Sheetz is scheduled to open in June. Another Sheetz is under ...
Construction is not expected to begin this year on a Menards home improvement store in South Strabane Township. Township manager Jeff Ziegler said Tuesday that the company recently told the township the project in the Old Mill plaza is not on its 2024 construction schedule. A spokesperson ...
