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Red Cross seeking blood and platelet donors surrounding 4th of July holiday
Holidays always coincide with significant declines in blood availability of hospital patients, and the American Red Cross is reminding Western Pennsylvanians that the upcoming Fourth of July holiday will be no different. The nonprofit is asking Southwestern Pennsylvania residents for blood in platelet donations to combat an anticipated shortage. According...
Raises for West Penn, Allegheny General nurses could help retain workers, union says
Staffing shortages at Pittsburgh-area hospitals have been exacerbated by the pandemic, with many nurses fleeing the health care industry for good. Pennsylvania’s largest union for health care workers said an agreement reached last week with Allegheny Health Network will raise nurses’ wages in an attempt to combat staffing problems. SEIU...
Greater demand, rise in maintenance costs drive Western Pennsylvania rent increases
Average rents in the Pittsburgh region have increased during the pandemic, and reports indicate certain areas are rising faster than others. A report from real estate research firm CoStar Group showed Pittsburgh-area rents increased about 6% from the start of 2020 to March 2022, which was slower than the 11.3%...
19-year-old charged in Braddock shooting
A 19-year-old Braddock man was fatally shot on Sunday afternoon. Allegheny County 911 was notified of a shooting on the 500 block of 4th Street in Braddock at 1:35 p.m. First responders then found Marvin D. Matthews deceased inside a residence. William Shelton, 19, of Braddock, has been charged with...
Corpus Christi festival in Tarentum brings back sawdust carpets
The Corpus Christi Celebration has been a Tarentum tradition since 1943, and the festival with colorful sawdust carpets returned Sunday after the pandemic caused a brief hiatus over the last two years. This year, hundreds participated in creating 17 religious artworks made out of dyed sawdust and laid out on...
Pa. health department ready to give covid vaccines to young children
The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Saturday that providers across the state are prepared to begin providing covid vaccines for young children starting early next week. The announcement comes shortly after the approval of two vaccines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and emergency use authorization from the...
Pittsburgh celebrates Juneteenth with parade, focus on voting rightsVideo
Hundreds marched through Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the freedom of enslaved people in the United States following emancipation. Juneteenth, officially celebrated on June 19, became an official holiday in the city of Pittsburgh and nationally in 2021. Groups ranging from advocacy organizations, health-care companies,...
Pittsburgh ranked in Top 5 for emerging startup ecosystems, says report
The Pittsburgh tech industry has exploded over the years, and that growth has earned the region a top five ranking among up-and-coming startup ecosystems from a new report by policy advisory group Startup Genome. The inclusion has drawn praise from local leaders, but they also acknowledged Pittsburgh has room for...
Oakland Planning and Development Corp. board members resign in clash with director
Several board members of an influential community development group in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood resigned Thursday, citing differences with the group’s executive director, according to a letter obtained by the Tribune-Review. In the letter to Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Jake Oresick, the now-former board president of the Oakland Planning and Development...
Bill to expedite property acquisitions for Pittsburgh Land Bank clears Senate
Pittsburgh’s Land Bank was created in 2014 to try to help the city address its large number of blighted properties and return them to the housing market, but efforts have largely failed. Over the first eight years of the Pittsburgh Land Bank’s existence, the bank had acquired only two properties....
Southwestern Pa. transit plan allocates $1.5 billion for bridge, other infrastructure improvements
Roads and bridges in Southwestern Pennsylvania will see a $300 million boost in funding because of the infrastructure law enacted in 2021. The extra money is included in a regional plan for $1.5 billion in transportation projects that is set to be approved June 27 by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission....
Poll: Fetterman leads Oz in Senate race; Shapiro and Mastriano locked in gubernatorial battle
Polling released Tuesday shows Democrat John Fetterman with an early advantage over Republican Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s high-profile U.S. Senate race, while Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano are locked in a tight race for governor. The Suffolk University/USA Today poll is the first major polling on the general...
UPMC breaks ground on $1.5B hospital project in Pittsburgh’s Oakland
UPMC said Tuesday its $1.5 billion project to build a 17-story hospital in Oakland is the largest health care construction project going in Pennsylvania — and the largest in Pittsburgh’s history. “It will be the beating heart of life-changing medicine,” UPMC President and CEO Leslie Davis said of the planned...
Allegheny County Democratic Party chair not running for re-election
Eileen Kelly, the chair of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee, announced Friday that she is not running for re-election, forecasting a shift in leadership for the Pittsburgh region’s largest Democratic Party organization. Kelly helmed the committee for that last four years and said she is proud of her tenure. She...
Bill to ban fracking in Allegheny County parks gets additional support
Allegheny County Council held a public meeting Thursday about a bill that proposes banning natural-gas drilling, aka fracking, in the nine county parks. The hearing was met with great fanfare from local environmental activists. The bill was first introduced in 2021, and the effort has increased its support since then,...
Project to better connect Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood to Bakery Square
Local leaders announced the start of construction of a multi-modal corridor that will better connect the Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods of Larimer and Homewood with the Bakery Square development and shopping district. The $4.5 million project, called the Larimer-Homewood Connector, will include a tree-lined road complete with a pedestrian walk, bike lanes,...
Port Authority rebrands to Pittsburgh Regional Transit
After more than 60 years as the Port Authority of Allegheny County, the region’s largest public transportation provider announced a rebrand on Thursday to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. “We stand at the very beginning of a new era in public transportation,” said Pittsburgh Regional Transit CEO Katharine Kelleman at a press...
Bloomfield maintains traditions in a young, hip scene: A Pittsburgh guide
One of Pittsburgh’s largest neighborhoods, Bloomfield is best known for its Italian-American heritage and history. Despite seeing changes over the last couple of decades, the neighborhood is still home to a good variety of Italian-American staples, even if many of the neighbors are now millennial transplants. This combination provides an...
Parkway East closure to impact traffic, Oakland commuters for 2 weeks
One lane of the inbound section of the Parkway East, entrance and exit ramps, and sections of Bates Street in Oakland will be closed for up to 15 days starting Friday evening, PennDOT said. Department officials say the closures will impact traffic for motorists using the Parkway East, especially those...
Beer garden, workspace opens in Downtown Pittsburgh
Summer is nearly here and the U.S. Steel Tower Plaza wants residents and workers to enjoy the nice weather with some outdoor office spaces and some drinks after work. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) announced last week the opening of three outdoor workspaces and a new pop-up beer garden at...
Allegheny County announces successful write-in candidates, completes recount
Following a somewhat contentious recount process and a close statewide election that was eventually conceded, Allegheny County officials certified most of its election results on Monday for the 2022 primary. The Allegheny County Board of Elections met at 10 a.m. and unanimously certified the results of all county elections, with...
‘We came so close’: McCormick concedes GOP race for U.S. Senate; Oz to face Fetterman
Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick on Friday dropped out of the close Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz. The concession means Oz will face Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat, in the fall. “We came so close,” McCormick, 56, said at the...
John Fetterman reveals undisclosed heart condition that led to stroke
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman revealed Friday in a campaign statement that he was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2017 and didn’t follow up with a physician for years until he suffered a stroke in May. Fetterman said the condition led to his stroke. His campaign also released...
Self-serve taproom and restaurant Tapville Social coming to Wexford
Wexford is getting a new taproom, and customers won’t even have to wait for a bartender to pour their beer. Tapville Social is set to open its first Pittsburgh-area location in the Village at Pine shopping center in Wexford in late June or early July, according to Tapville spokesperson Stephanie...
Pittsburgh International resumes, launches new service to several destinations this week
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to several destinations are getting off the ground this week. British Airways will resume flights between Pittsburgh and London Heathrow Airport on Friday. This will be the first time since early 2020 that British Airways will serve Pittsburgh with direct flights to London. The year-round...
