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Justin Rushin, who has been involved in the swimming pool industry for 20 years, said he has never seen prices spike like they have in the past year. “There’s been periods of inflation, little bounds of inflation, but nothing like this,” said Rushin, who co-owns Cheswick Pools and Patios with...

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...

You can leave your cash at home if you’re heading for Idlewild & SoakZone and its sister parks this summer. The parks will accept credit, debit and prepaid cards or secure mobile payments including MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover only starting next week. Guests can also use Apple Pay...

As local school districts scramble to find teachers and substitute teachers, a bill that would make it easier for out-of-state educators to work in Pennsylvania has received unanimous support from lawmakers thus far. State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Washington, is co-sponsoring the bill, which now awaits House and gubernatorial approval. “This...

A spate of hot weather will once again be interrupted by rain, as National Weather Service meteorologists call for scattered severe thunderstorms across the area on Wednesday afternoon. A hazardous weather outlook issued early Wednesday morning calls for severe storms this afternoon and early evening with a crossing cold front....

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%...

High air pollution could impact sensitive groups of people Tuesday in several counties across the region, including Allegheny and Westmoreland, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The department issued a Code Orange air quality alert for high levels of ozone. In addition to Allegheny and Westmoreland, impacted counties...

The national average gas price has dipped below $5 per gallon, but not yet in Pennsylvania, according to GasBuddy and AAA. After peaking at about $5.02 on Thursday, the national average was $4.98 on Monday, according to AAA. The agency shows Pennsylvania’s average reaching $5.07 on June 12, but remaining...

A selection of the most compelling images from Tribune-Review photographers from around the region during the week of June 13-19....

More people are turning to public transit as gasoline costs settle in the $5 per gallon range across the region. Westmoreland County Transit Authority has experienced a 30% increase in bus ridership since gas prices started climbing, said Ashley Cooper-Brounce, the authority’s deputy director. “We just recently looked at the...

Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, along with municipalities in the counties, will receive about $3.1 million from impact fees the state collected last year on Marcellus Shale gas well production, a considerable increase over the year before, according to data released Friday. Allegheny County and its municipalities will receive nearly $1.9...

WESTON, W.Va. — A gunman who was fatally shot by police on an interstate highway in northern West Virginia after he wounded a sheriff’s deputy has been identified as a Pennsylvania man, state police said. Matthew Brevosky, 38, of Grindstone, Fayette County, was killed by law enforcement Thursday on Interstate...

An Apollo man was the winner in the 18th annual Team Bass Tournament for disabled veterans that was held recently on the Monongahela River near West Brownsville in Washington County. Veteran Mark Rosensteel of Apollo, president of the Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America chapter, won the June 12 tournament with...

A dog in Beaver County was cooked from the inside after being left out in the heat Wednesday without shade or water, according to a report from Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The full-grown husky was euthanized because of heat stroke. Its owner, Di Xiao, 29, of Baden is charged with...

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...

People watching the skies above Allegheny County and surrounding areas Thursday evening for signs of potential thunderstorms instead were treated to vistas of clouds resembling fluffy cotton balls. Known as mammatus clouds, they are a rare example of clouds that form in sinking air instead of rising air, according to...

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of the persons responsible for stealing 8,000 golf balls from a Somerset County golf course. State police in Somerset report that the Oakbrook Golf Course located at 251 Golf Course Road in Jenner Township reported this...

Colleen Phillips of Leechburg has seen firsthand how inflation rates cause her grocery bill to add up faster, making it almost unaffordable to purchase essential items. “It’s outrageous,” Phillips told the Tribune-Review while shopping at Walmart in Natrona Heights this week. “You have to make meals like spaghetti where you...

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....

Some relief from the recent hot and muggy weather is coming, but getting there could a bumpy road for some parts of the Pittsburgh region. On Wednesday, temperatures reached 92 degrees at Pittsburgh International Airport, where official records are recorded. That fell 4 degrees short of the record high of...

Employers expecting to fill job vacancies with the traditional summertime influx of high school students have been left wondering where the workers have gone. Many employers are “literally begging for new employees” with little result, said Don Acker, program manager for Equus Workforce Solutions in New Kensington. “Right now, we...

The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for excessive heat in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Counties covered by the advisory include all of Armstrong, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene and Washington counties, most of Westmoreland County with the exception of the eastern ridges, and the western half of Fayette County....

The woman who shot and killed an FBI agent 14 years ago as he attempted to serve an arrest warrant at her home in Indiana Township was released from a federal prison Tuesday, according to U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Christina Korbe, 53, was released Tuesday from the Federal Detention Center...

A selection of the most compelling images from Tribune-Review photographers from around the region during the week of June 6-12....