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Equinox examined

Friday brought us what we call “the first day of spring.” But announcing spring is an arbitrary declaration, as we saw by last weekĢƵ weather. The latest date I’ve seen snow flurries in our local mountains is June 2, 1977. Spring, like all the seasons, can be hard to pin down. So, what ...

Wild, unpredictable spring weather

ItĢƵ been a wild week of weather across Southwestern Pennsylvania. Some folks may think it was unusual, however old-timers and folks who have lived here for decades just see it as normal springtime weather. One day itĢƵ winter and the next itĢƵ summerlike and spring gets in a few days ...

Outdoors Calendar

(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) TROUT UNLIMITED ANNUAL BANQUET Chestnut Ridge Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banquet. ...

Annual kids’ fishing event honors Jim Tobal

Friends of Jim Tobal, in cooperation with South Union Township, will again offer a youth fishing experience this spring at the townshipĢƵ Community Park, Hutchinson Recreation Area. The event honors Jim Tobal venerated local educator, outdoorsman, and conservationist. Youths aged 16 and ...

Lady Red Raiders rally for road victory

Uniontown rallied from a five-run deficit to edge Ligonier Valley, 7-6, on Thursday in non-section softball play at Ligonier Valley. The Lady Red Raiders trailed 5-0 after two innings, but scored two runs apiece in the third and fourth innings, one in the sixth and two in the seventh before ...

Falling through ice becoming more common — and deadly

Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children. “He ...