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Navigation channel opens at Locks and Dam 3

A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through the center of the dam and the first such vessel did so Thursday morning. The channel has a ...

Lawmakers raise concerns about Elizabeth Locks and Dam water levels

Concerned about potential economic impacts created by shallow water levels at the Elizabeth Locks and Dam on the Monongahela River, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite work to remove the dam. U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler, Summer Lee and ...

Play Ball!: Belle Vernon, Blackhawk receives byes in Region 6 tourney

Two late defections left organizers scrambling to piece together the American Legion Baseball Region 6 tournament bracket, and the decision was made that host Blackhawk and Belle Vernon would receive byes as play begins today at Chippewa Park. Belle Vernon won the Fayette County American ...

Intermediate Unit 1 receives $58,000 state grant

Intermediate Unit 1 received $58,000 in state funding for instructors to teach English to the immigrant population in Charleroi. Rachel Zilcosky, IU1Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ supervisor of adult education and career readiness, said the funding is a continuing grant the Coal Center educational institution reapplies ...

Red, White & Boom

Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect that Masontown will only hold fireworks at dusk on July 4. Fireworks will light up the skies in many communities as the nation celebrates its independence this week. Connellsville is home to the third annual Red, White & Boom festival ...