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Greene jobless rate holds steady; Washington, Fayette rates dip

Greene, Fayette and Washington counties did better on the employment front in July than the majority of Southwestern Pennsylvania.Jobless rates in Washington and Fayette County declined one-tenth of a percentage point from June, and GreeneĢƵ figure remained the same, according to seasonally ...

Water likes to go downhill

Floods have always been part of weather history in Southwest Pennsylvania.The 1936 flood in Pittsburgh completely submerged the downtown Golden Triangle. In the recent past, flash floods have ravaged many towns, including Connellsville a few years ago.The Pittsburgh flood of 1936 resulted from ...

Wolf administration marks 50th anniversary of state’s first intermediate unit

Fifty years ago, the first intermediate unit was established in Pennsylvania.Intermediate Unit 1, based in Coal Center, and serving Greene, Washington and Fayette counties, was the inaugural intermediate unit, and the Wolf administration has noted the unitĢƵ landmark anniversary.Gov. Tom Wolf ...

Fayette commissioners table hiring new elections chief

Fayette County Commissioners tabled hiring a new director for the countyĢƵ election bureau at its Thursday meeting, saying they wanted to “do some more homework.”Earlier this week, commissioners revealed that Larry Blosser, the director of the bureau, will be leaving the job he has held ...

Weather and climate

The first 10 days of August were on the dry side with lots of sunny pleasant warm days and very little rainfall. The next 10 days saw increased humidity along with much warmer temperatures and rain every day with over four inches being recorded compared with just a third of an inch the first 10 ...

Wolf administration marks 50th anniversary of intermediate unit in Coal Center

Fifty years ago, the first intermediate unit was established in Pennsylvania.Intermediate Unit 1, based in Coal Center, and serving Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, was the inaugural intermediate unit, and the Wolf administration has noted the unitĢƵ landmark anniversary.Gov. Tom Wolf ...