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Excela Health will receive $4 million in a deal with Hempfield supervisors, who agreed to pay the health care provider $1 million for a 43-acre parcel of land in the township and transfer funds from a $3 million state grant. County records show Excela originally bought the land for $3.75...

Murrysville Medic One staff operates eight ambulances, four wheelchair vans, four squads, two all-terrain vehicles, seven trailers, an emergency support unit and two boats to support its dive team. In addition, it’s not unusual to see Medic One members and their emergency support unit operating well outside their typical service...

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners is coming to Westmoreland County next week. The agency announced the board will meet Sept. 10 and 11 at the agency’s Southwest Region Office off Route 711 in Fairfield Township. The meeting on Friday, Sept. 10 begins at 2 p.m. The purpose of this...

Sunset at the fort Start the long holiday weekend with a Sunset Tour beginning at 7 p.m. Friday at Fort Ligonier. Guests at the 21-and-older event will take a guided tour of the site’s French and Indian War museum and then enjoy a wine and cheese reception and lantern-lit stroll...

A man was flown to a trauma center for treatment after being injured by a chainsaw Thursday in Derry Township, according to emergency responders. Bradenville firefighters were dispatched at about 4:30 p.m. to establish a landing zone for a medical helicopter in the middle of Laughlin Farm Road, according to...

The Westmoreland County Courthouse dome will be bathed in purple during September for National Recovery Month. Director of public works Greg McCloskey said the purple lights were to be turned on Thursday night. It was as a result of a request made by Tim Phillips, director of the Westmoreland Drug...

Murrysville officials are considering the second proposal for upscale housing in the Route 22 corridor in recent months. Chris Hamm of KDH Consulting Engineers this week showed council plans for Kistler Place. It’s a 5,800-square-foot building proposed on 3.6 acres near the intersection of Kistler Road and Route 22. The...

State troopers this week arrested a Ligonier man accused of breaking into an elderly relative’s home in Derry Township and trying to pry open her safe before fleeing empty handed, according to court documents. Zachary J. Saflin, 23, is charged with burglary, criminal attempt, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, prowling and...

Hempfield Area School District, which is expected to comply with the state’s mask mandate for K-12 schools next week, reported several new covid-19 cases during the first full week of classes. There are 20 active cases among students and staff in eight of the district’s nine school buildings, according to...

An Irwin man will remain in jail on $150,000 bond after a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday denied a request to lower his bond. Public defender David Mulock said Joshua James Robison, 25, would live in Irwin and have two job possibilities if released. But Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio shot down...

Greensburg Salem is considering adding an elementary teacher to help reduce large kindergarten class sizes at Metzgar Elementary. The school board is expected to vote at its Sept. 8 meeting on whether to advertise the position. District administrators recommended the move after noting there are as many as 28 kindergarten...

An East Huntingdon firm that manufactures wood shipping crates, pallets and non-wood crates for the military and industry was awarded a $579,072 low-interest loan from the state to buy a 6.7-acre industrial property to build a new manufacturing plant and consolidate operations in a $1.44 million project, the state said....

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting Signature Dishes at locally owned restaurants in the region. See Trib Total Media’s new online directory of restaurants, Dine Local, at dinelocal.triblive.com. French onion soup is often thought to be a cold-weather staple, but that’s not the way it works at Oliver’s...

The United States Postal Service in Greensburg is hosting a job fair next week to fill immediate openings. Scheduled for next Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Greensburg office, 238 S. Pennsylvania Ave, the event will help to hire workers for the holidays. “The Postal Service is...

Westmoreland County commissioners are becoming an open book, so to speak. An expansion of the state’s Open Meeting Law, which went into effect Aug. 29, means an agenda detailing items up for debate or vote by the commissioners must be available to the public at least one day in advance....

After checking on repeated hangup calls coming from the same telephone number in Derry Township, state troopers arrested a man on charges of threatening a woman and pointing a .40 caliber handgun at her, according to court documents. Brian L. Harbaugh, 49, of Bradenville, was arraigned Wednesday on multiple charges...

Fans of The Monkees will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative covid test to attend the 1960s pop group’s upcoming show at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Featuring the group’s two surviving members, Michael Nesmith and Mickey Dolenz, the sold-out show is set for 7:30 p.m. Nov....

Broadway is coming back, not just to New York City, but also to Greensburg. To celebrate the reopening of the Great White Way after an 18-month pandemic hiatus, Westmoreland Cultural Trust will present “Back to Broadway: An Evening of Timeless Songs From Classic Broadway Shows,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in...

Class • Westmoreland Museum of American Art will offer a Mindful Painting class with Dorit Brauer from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 12 at the museum, 221 N. Main St. Includes a Chakra Color guided meditation and a sound bath with singing bowls. Cost: $45, non-members, $50. Bring your...

Time off between rounds of “America’s Got Talent” allowed Victory Brinker a week to just be a kid. Now the 9-year-old opera powerhouse from Unity is back in California, prepping for her Sept. 7 appearance in the second semifinal round. The first semifinalists performed Tuesday and the five contestants moving...

PennDOT will close roads in North Huntingdon and Sewickley townships beginning Sept. 7 for slide repairs and a culvert replacement, respectively. Both closures will involve marked detours. The slide repairs will occur along a section of Guffey and Turner Valley roads, located between Guffey and Volk Road, and are expected...