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Navy celebrates 5th ship named for Pittsburgh at Fort Pitt Museum
The latest U.S. Navy ship to be named for Pittsburgh is approaching the halfway point of construction. Current and retired U.S. Navy officers convened Thursday to celebrate the USS Pittsburgh, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship or landing platform dock (LPD) ship. LPDs are used to transport Marines and...
Draft 5K race to take runners through the heart of football festivities
Whether you’re running to or running from next month’s NFL Draft, there’s now a way to make it official. P3R, the organizer behind the Pittsburgh Marathon, has just announced the PicksBURGH Draft Day 5K route. The one-time event will trace a long arc through the heart of draft festivities from...
Meteor lights up sky in Pittsburgh region as social media eruptsVideo
The western sky — and social media — lit up Tuesday morning when a meteor streaked over Western Pennsylvania skies and into the atmosphere over northeast Ohio. Jared Rackley, an employee with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, caught video of the large fireball as the suspected meteoroid entered the...
Affordable housing development moving ahead in Larimer
Expanding its work to an adjacent neighborhood, East Liberty Development, Inc. is seeking to build eight affordable housing units in Larimer. ELDI held a public meeting March 5 with the Larimer Consensus Group to present updated plans and talk with people in the community. Six of the properties will be...
Allegheny County sets dates for mail-in voting and certifies Feb. 24 special election
While certifying the results of Feb. 24’s special election in the South Hills, the Allegheny County Board of Elections approved plans for the upcoming midterms. Voters can expect much the same process that has been followed in recent years. This includes the option to request a mail-in ballot and return...
Former Fifth Avenue bus lane in Oakland opens to regular traffic
Starting Monday, commuters, workers and college students returning from spring break will face yet another change in Oakland’s traffic patterns. January saw the closure of a counterflow bus lane along Fifth Avenue as part of Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s PRTX University Line bus rapid transit project. Beginning next week, that counterflow...
Recap: Doctors and patients on ‘The Pitt’ face up to parenting problems
Editor’s Note: This review of Thursday night’s episode of “The Pitt” includes spoilers. Imagine the worst time you’ve ever had at Sandcastle. That’s nothing compared to what awaits doctors on “The Pitt” after disaster strikes a local waterslide. While troubles with parents — including Dr. Javadi’s and Dr. Mohan’s mothers...
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority moves forward with long-sought housing in the Hill District
Several funding projects are moving ahead in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, including long-hoped-for housing in the Lower Hill. These and other developments that would fill vacant land and improve business façades were discussed Thursdayby Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. At issue were proposed housing developments on two parcels in the Lower Hill...
Ahead of Ireland flights, Aer Lingus will join Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
Aer Lingus flights from Pittsburgh to Dublin begin in May, but the airline’s marketing director Lisa Melarkey will be in town this weekend to attend the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. Melarkey said Aer Lingus plans special promotions to coincide with the parade. “There’s a really big opportunity for us...
Poll ranks Parkway East high for angst, gridlock among Pennsylvania roads
A personal injury law firm’s recent poll confirms what most Pittsburghers already know — the Parkway East is anything but a fun stretch to drive. Munley Law surveyed 3,015 U.S. workers who commute by car and found that Interstate 376 (aka Parkway East) on either side of the Squirrel Hill...
Official questions Allegheny County assessment practices
The chair of the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review in Allegheny County is raising concerns about staffing and funding levels for tax assessors and the board itself. This comes ahead of what he says will be a busy appeals season — and a potential court-ordered countywide reassessment within...
New development envisioned for Westinghouse site in Churchill
The former Westinghouse Research and Technology Park in Churchill could soon become a walkable mixed-use development. Nicole DeLuca, co-founder, managing partner and CEO of Commonwealth Commercial Real Estate, presented an early rendering of the project, which it is calling Legacy Crossings, at Monday’s Churchill Borough Council meeting. Plans show wholesale...
The Lindsay Theater to honor Rob Reiner with movie screenings
The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center in Sewickley will begin honoring the late director Rob Reiner on Friday by screening a slate of some of his beloved films. “Since the tragic death of this Hollywood icon, we’ve been receiving requests to bring back some of his most recognized works to...
McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge to close for several weeks for construction
Beginning Saturday, the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge will close to traffic for several weeks. PennDOT says the bridge will close to all vehicular traffic starting Saturday around 10 a.m. through the afternoon of April 7. During the closure, Mosites Construction will remove existing barriers, place concrete shoulders and build a containment structure...
New phase of Penn Avenue reconstruction in Pittsburgh to begin with extensive detours
A new phase of the Penn Avenue reconstruction project begins this week, and with it, headaches for East End commuters and businesses straddling Penn in Bloomfield and Garfield. Gulisek Construction began detouring traffic around the project on Monday. The City of Pittsburgh said it expects the reconstruction to go on...
Structural issues delay Charles Anderson Memorial Bridge reopening in Pittsburgh
A key Pittsburgh bridge project has hit a speed bump. The Charles Anderson Memorial Bridge in Oakland, which was expected to reopen sometime this year, now won’t open until 2028 at the earliest. “As work continues on the Charles Anderson Bridge, inspectors have identified unexpected deterioration in portions of the...
Bikeshare workers form union in Pittsburgh
Workers at Pittsburgh bikeshare nonprofit POGOH have unionized. The organizers filed to join the Transport Workers Union of America last month, and they said in a Tuesday press release that POGOH employees “voted overwhelmingly” to do so. TWU already represents workers for bikeshare organizations in New York City, Boston, Chicago,...
West Deer residents appeal to Commonwealth Court in fight over fracking wells
A case argued Tuesday before Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court could test the reach of local efforts to challenge natural gas fracking. Concerned Residents of West Deer (CROWD), a local advocacy group, has raised concerns for years about the Leto fracking well, which is located near the heart of the West Deer...
Pittsburgh Water reports lowest-ever lead levels in city water supply
Pittsburgh Water’s 2025 report highlights a continued drop in lead levels detected in the city’s drinking water supply. “2025 was yet another year of Pittsburgh Water turning our commitments into real results for our customers,” CEO Will Pickering said in a statement accompanying the report, released March 2. The organization’s...
The NFL Draft opens to new group: Tech innovators
The NFL wants you for the upcoming draft — if you’re a technology innovator, that is. The league on Friday unveiled the NFL Draft Innovation Challenge, a crowdsourcing initiative to “enhance the fan and event experience.” The league is inviting individuals, startups and established companies to propose new tools and...
Tambellini’s closure marks the latest changing of the guard in Pittsburgh food
A fixture in the Pittsburgh dining scene is pressing pause. Joseph Tambellini Restaurant announced on its website that the fine-dining establishment is “currently on a break until further notice.” The restaurant has been a Highland Park staple for nearly two decades after it replaced Laforêt in a converted brick house...
‘The Pitt’ takes on cyberattack chaos in latest episode
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for the show’s eighth episode of Season 2. Each episode of “The Pitt” takes on new angles of the health care profession and introduces new maladies. In “2:00 P.M.,” the latter include margarita burn, eye strokes and a particularly gruesome tongue laceration. “This is...
Alcoa plans to sell off 10 former facilities for use as data centers
Alcoa, the Pittsburgh-based aluminum giant, intends to sell 10 of its closed or curtailed sites for use as data centers. Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger announced the sell-off Tuesday at the BMO Global Metals, Mining and Critical Minerals Conference in Florida. Of the 10 facilities going on the market, “we think...
Allegheny County’s human services director leaves to work for Mamdani in New York
The director of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services is departing to work for New York City’s new mayor. Erin Dalton, who has worked in the county department for 18 years, was tapped for a new role as commissioner of the Department of Social Services under Mayor Zohran Mamdani....
Breeze Airways to begin nonstop Myrtle Beach flightsVideo
Pittsburgh International Airport continues to expand its roster of destinations. The latest addition comes from budget carrier Breeze Airways, which will launch seasonal nonstop service to Myrtle Beach beginning July 3. “We are excited to now offer Myrtle Beach as a destination for our Pittsburgh guests,” Breeze Airways founder and...
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