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Amazon: $20M upgrade at Findlay warehouse to displace 432 workers

Online retailer Amazon said Monday it will displace 432 of 500 workers at its Findlay sorting center in March as the company makes more than $20 million in improvements at the facility over six to eight months. The package and delivery giant filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or...
Man killed in mining incident in Somerset County

A Windber man was killed Friday afternoon in a Somerset County mining incident, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Joshua Mock, 34, was operating a piece of underground machinery when he suffered fatal injuries, police said. He was working in Acosta Deep Mine in Jenner Township. That mine is operated by...
2050 look-ahead: Same diseases, new approaches mostly ahead for health care sector

Editor’s note: Almost one-fourth of the way through this century, TribLive is looking ahead to the next 25 years, using the events of the past 25 as a road map of what possibly is to come. This installment of the occasional series looks at health. Pam Surano knew it would...
Biden administration delays deadline for U.S. Steel, Nippon Steel to kill merger

The Biden administration has given U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel an extra six months to ditch their merger, keeping the deal alive as litigation unfolds over whether a national security panel’s review of it was tainted by political considerations. Under the watch of the Committee on Foreign Investment in...
Student information system used by Southwestern Pa. schools grapples with cybersecurity breach

School districts across Southwestern Pennsylvania might be impacted by a cybersecurity breach of global student information system PowerSchool, the company said. PowerSchool is a internet-based platform where educators can store student information, according to its website — including academic performance, class schedule, demographics, behavior and health. Launched in 1997, the...
For some, Dry January leads to full-time sobriety

For Scott Page, Dry January goes year-round. At the beginning of his sobriety journey, he avoided even being in bars where other people were drinking alcohol. “I was worried it could be triggering,” the South Side resident said. “For me, one drink is too many and 100 is not enough....
Regional learning alliance offers school districts opportunities to innovateVideo

California Area School District is 3D printing its way into an elementary orchestra program. The Washington County school district, where a third of residents live below the poverty line, is not able to provide students with costly string instruments, nor are many of its families in a position to rent...
Independence Health looks to cut losses, crunch data to improve bottom line, patient care as 3rd year begins

Independence Health cut its operating losses by close to 50% in 2024, but those losses remain in the eight-figure range, prompting leaders of the regional health system to further reduce expenses. Excela and Butler health systems combined in 2023 to create a third, albeit smaller, health care giant in a...
Climate change will continue with warmer, wetter conditions predicted

Jim Bonner used to associate mockingbirds with the southern part of the United States. His backyard is home to one, it’s indicative of how weather changes have impacted the avian species, and likely will continue for other types of birds. “I see more mockingbirds now that I ever did 20...
Crabtree, Hempfield, Unity farmers among medal winners feted at Pa. Farm Show

A Westmoreland County farming collective has the best barley in the state, according to the judges at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Allegheny Mountain Malt’s barley entry brought home a gold medal this week in the show’s grain competition. “It’s a beauty contest without the fancy question at the end,” said...
Aliquippa VFW closes, liquor license goes dormant as police seek ‘armed, dangerous’ suspect in attack

A Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge where a man was brutally beaten in what the victim’s family called a hate crime agreed to close permanently, while authorities Friday kept searching for a suspect labeled as “armed, dangerous and mentally unstable” by the Beaver County district attorney. The lodge’s leadership “are...
Take the TribLive weekly news quiz: Jan. 10

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Morning Roundup: Man shot in Pitcairn; fire breaks out at Beaver County restaurant

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Jan. 10: Man shot in Pitcairn A man was shot in Pitcairn early Friday morning, according to Allegheny County Police. Officers responded at 3:44 a.m. to the 300 block of Kenney Avenue for a report of a shooting....
Frigid temperatures continue, snow forecast for evening

Western Pennsylvanians woke to frigid temperatures Friday morning, and could see some snow showers this evening. In a month that has not risen above freezing since New Year’s Day, the Pittsburgh region saw a new monthly low temperature — 6 degrees — according to the National Weather Service. Some school...
1 arrested, 1 at large in beating of Aliquippa man at VFW lodge

One man turned himself in Thursday while a second suspect remained at large in connection with the beating of a 52-year-old Aliquippa man inside a Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge. The family of Preston Coleman III said he was beaten, unprovoked and mercilessly, for nearly 30 minutes late Sunday inside...
Mitch McConnell blasts Biden decision to block U.S. Steel-Nippon deal

By blocking the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, President Joe Biden sold out American industry, workers and national security to “Big Labor,” writes U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Wednesday. McConnell’s piece, titled “Nippon Steel Isn’t the Enemy,” criticizes Biden’s decision to...

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