Hit: Blighted properties large and small are being removed from the local landscape, thanks to the action of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. Last summer, the commissioners established a blight and demolition fund using $13 million in federal COVID relief money that had to be ...
Miss: In a “plucky” caper reminiscent of the comedy, “The Apple Dumpling Gang,” featuring Tim Conway and Don Knotts as two bumbling outlaws, four people were charged in a failed attempt to fire a drug-filled crossbow arrow into the Fayette County jail. The caper was foiled after the ...
Miss: More than $700 billion in proposed cuts to Medicaid included in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” could produce dire consequences in the region if the measure is passed, staff writer Karen Mansfield reported last week. Funding cuts could significantly increase uncompensated ...
Hit: Initially greeted with trepidation and skepticism, the merger of Washington Health System with UPMC has paid off for both the community and the employees. The one-year anniversary of the affiliation was marked June 1, and in the year since the merger, UPMC Washington and its sister ...
Hit: A combat veteran from North Carolina is using art to help fellow veterans deal with trauma after their military service ends. Geoffrey Bowton, whose “Veteran Obsolete” gallery is on display at Touchstone Center for the Arts in Farmington, has been hosting therapeutic mask-making ...
Hit: While he was unopposed in the Democratic primary, it is nonetheless noteworthy that a judge from Washington County will be on the statewide ballot in the general election. Judge Brandon Neuman, 43, of North Strabane, received more votes than any statewide candidate in Tuesday’s primary ...
