Pennsylvania casinos saw total revenues decrease by $759 million in 2020, a year plagued by the coronavirus pandemic that forced the properties to shutter for…
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As covid crisis deepens, opioid crisis continues in the background
As President Joe Biden settles into office amid the coronavirus pandemic, nonprofits and organizations battling drug addiction are urging the new administration not to lose…
Pandemic exposes weakness in Pa. counties without health departments, like Westmoreland
When Kim Ward was sworn in as a Westmoreland County commissioner in 2008, one of her first questions was: Who oversees the county’s health department?…
Westmoreland County Democrats flock to the GOP in week of D.C. riot, bucking Pa. trend
Nowhere else in Pennsylvania saw more Democratic voters switch their party allegiances to Republican than in Westmoreland County during the first week of January. …
New look, taste for Westmoreland-born Old Overholt, the country’s oldest whiskey brand
After 210 years of continuous production, America’s oldest whiskey brand — Westmoreland County-born Old Overholt — is undergoing a transformation. Source: The Tribune-Review
When will election results be known for Westmoreland, Allegheny, Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recalled when he won office in 2014 and reelection four years later, media reports unofficially declared him the victor within minutes…
Along Mariner East pipelines, secrecy and a patchwork of emergency plans leave many at risk and in the dark
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Joe Biden Express rolls into Western Pennsylvania for whistle stop train tour
An Amtrak passenger train carrying Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his campaign contingent rolled from Ohio into Western Pennsylvania on Wednesday, a day after…
State, Westmoreland see drop in OD deaths; Allegheny sees increase
Pennsylvania saw a slight decrease in drug overdose deaths in 2019 for what could be the second consecutive year the number has dropped. Source:…
Nuclear power bailout stalled in Harrisburg as feds allege bribes fueled Ohio aid package
An effort to help Pennsylvania’s nuclear power industry snag an estimated $500 million a year ratepayer bailout should not be hurt by an alleged bribery…