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Vaccine allocations to Western Pennsylvania hospitals aren’t enough to inoculate all who are eligible, health care leaders said Tuesday. State officials last week expanded phase 1A of the distribution plan beyond health care workers and long-term care residents – to include people older than 65 and people with various health...

Volunteers will have an easier time maintaining and expanding a network of ATV trails in Fayette County thanks to a $54,900 grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Indian Creek Valley ATV Club will use the money to buy a Bobcat Toolcat, a utility work machine,...

Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced Monday that middle schoolers in St. Peter and Paul School in Beaver will learn all online this week as a result of a staff member testing positive for the coronavirus. Officials said having sixth, seventh and eighth graders go virtual was out of an...

Pennsylvania’s trout season will open earlier than usual this year, and statewide, on April 3. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Monday set the opening date and also approved a single statewide Mentored Youth Trout Day on March 27. As a result of the consolidation, separate regional mentored youth...

CAIRNBROOK — A fire that destroyed a western Pennsylvania home over the weekend claimed the life of one person, authorities said. Emergency officials in Somerset County said the blaze in Shade Township was reported at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Chief Dave Johnson of the Stoystown fire department told The (Somerset) Daily...

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing a Philadelphia man whose body was discovered last week along a rural road in Indiana County. The death of Dashawn C. Green-Brewster, 27, of Philadelphia, was ruled a homicide...

A Butler County man has been sentenced to time served and three years of probation for his role in a gang-related conspiracy to sell cocaine and heroin, federal prosecutors said. Ray Chrzanowski, 53, who previously had ties to Portersville and Zelienople, was nabbed as part of an FBI investigation into...

A Washington County man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for selling heroin and carrying a gun as a felon, federal prosecutors said. Matthew Curtis McCombs, 34, who previously lived in the city of Washington, pleaded guilty in November 2019 to possessing with the intent to...

Health care workers administering covid vaccines will rely mostly on the honor system to verify that new patients outside of their hospital systems are eligible to get the shot. Pennsylvania officials have expanded eligibility of those who can move to the front of the vaccination line. The top priority group,...

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has rolled out a new online income tax returns filing system. According to the state Department of Revenue, those wishing to file their state tax returns or make income tax payments can do so on mypath.pa.gov. “We’re excited to offer a new online filing system...

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania is now enrolling students in its online adult classes. The program offers a range of free classes, including sessions that help prepare students to take a high school equivalency test, learn new digital skills, improve their ability to speak English and to prepare for the U.S....

Allegheny Health Network has paused scheduling covid-19 vaccine appointments because of a supply issue, hospital leaders said Friday, as other health systems in the region faced increased demand for the shots. Excela Health officials said they are unable to expand vaccine distribution to people who are not health care workers....

State police in Greensburg and Indiana labelled the death of a man whose body was discovered Thursday afternoon along a rural road in Indiana County as “suspicious.” Trooper Cliff Greenfield said the man’s body was discovered along Mulligan Hill Road in West Wheatfield Township, near Indiana County’s border with Westmoreland...

Fayette County businesses, agencies and other groups are being asked to register with the county emergency management agency in preparation for upcoming eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine, according to an announcement. Several Fayette County officials this week met as a coronavirus vaccine planning task force to coordinate a local response...

After a year of heightened liquor sales because of the coronavirus pandemic, state officials are offering a package that could help switch up those go-to quarantine drinks. Boxes of wine are available for purchase on the Fine Wine and Good Spirits website, which promotes the sale as “uncork a new...

President Biden welcomed the youngest inaugural poet in history, 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, who earned widespread praise for her performance. Gorman, a Black woman from California, received rave reviews from local literary voices as well as celebrities such as Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and “Hamilton” playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda — for the...

Pennsylvania residents who had their federal income tax returns prepared by a company may see a delay in receiving their stimulus checks. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Thursday that when companies like H&R Block and Intuit prepare a person’s taxes, they use temporary bank accounts. This caused a problem in...

Bernie Sanders may not have stolen the show during Wednesday’s presidential inauguration. But he clearly won the internet. At President Joe Biden’s inauguration, a few moments stood out among the festivities: the poem recited by 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the collage of colorful coats worn by all the women involved in...

Down through American history, photographers have documented both good times and bad. Some of the most striking images have come from wars and economic turmoil such as the Great Depression. With Americans now living with the covid-19 crisis, Pennsylvania’s first lady Frances Wolf has announced the launch of a statewide...

Butler County Emergency Service experienced outage problems early Thursday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Residents needed to call an alternate number for 911 — that is 724-287-7769. The phone outages began Wednesday afternoon and extended to emergency services in Clarion and Beaver, along with 10 other counties. Clarion County...

Pittsburgh-area nonprofits were among organizations worldwide benefiting from $360,000 in grants from the Arconic Foundation promoting environmental sustainability and social equity. Arconic, an Alcoa spinoff with roots in the Alle-Kiski Valley, is headquartered in Pittsburgh. It has a research center in Upper Burrell and a building and systems business site...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan for fiscal year 2021 includes a $22 million jump on upper Ohio River lock projects, while funding remains stable for the Allegheny River locks operations. The work plan details how the Corps divvies up its money to its districts across the country,...