Drivers could be crossing the Kiski River on the new Salina Bridge as soon as the winter. Source: The Tribune-Review
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Golf season almost in full swing for region's few, but thriving traditional driving ranges
By lowber on April 6, 2025
It will only be a matter of weeks before a polyester polo becomes weather-appropriate attire and golfers across Southwestern Pennsylvania hit the links. Source:…
Washington Township man sentenced to 3 to 6 years in prison in 2023 fatal crash
By lowber on April 4, 2025
A Washington Township man was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison Friday for the death of a fellow township man in a…
Small egg farms avoid shortages, keep prices stable
By lowber on April 2, 2025
Art King knows egg prices nationally have been on a roller coaster ride. They still cost an average of almost three times what they did…
Interest in online learning, cyber charters increase in wake of covid pandemic
By lowber on March 30, 2025
As the covid-19 pandemic eased and Canon-McMillan School District reopened its doors in August 2021, elementary student Camille Postlewaite told her parents she did not…
From technology to learning loss to mental health, covid's impact on education still felt today
By lowber on March 30, 2025
Wayne Walters can still recall the enormous logistical challenge of handing out thousands of paper packets of classwork to Pittsburgh Public Schools students in 2020.…
Female veteran from Greatest Generation: 'Best thing that ever happened to me'
By lowber on March 26, 2025
The world that young Emily Drake was navigating in the spring of 1942, armed with an Aspinwall High School diploma, was awash in war —…
Cancer survivors support those newly diagnosed through AHN's Ambassador Program
By lowber on March 18, 2025
Rachel Machen recalls getting a string of online mammogram reminders from her physician’s office and pushing them to the bottom of her to-do list. …
Acme residents describe scene as tornado tore through their community; twister traveled nearly 8 miles
By lowber on March 17, 2025
Malinda Urbanic was sitting down to lunch Sunday with her family at home in Acme when they saw debris blowing around in a nearby field.…
Brush fire season comes in like a lion
By lowber on March 15, 2025
Josh Wiegand already has had enough of Pennsylvania’s early wildfire season — and it’s only beginning. Source: The Tribune-Review