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Heavy rains, flash flooding possible across region

Staff writerRemnants from tropical depression Fred are expected to hit Southwestern Pennsylvania today and Fayette, Greene and Washington counties may see as many as two inches of rainfall before noon.“We’re looking at an inch-and-a-half to two inches, probably mid-morning,” said Pat ...

Are we there yet?

ItĢƵ been another hot and dry year in the west.Each day we see the pictures of fires racing up hillsides consuming homes and entire towns. People fleeing from homes and many returning to find only a pile of ashes where their home once stood.Firefighters weary from the constant battle to save ...

Where summers are civilized

While the fires burn out west and the heat and drought consume a large portion of the country it is comforting to know that we live in an area that has far fewer weather problems and extremes than most regions.Looking at June, July and the first part of August we have had it pretty nice. A few ...

Go west young man

Go west young man.This famous quote was attributed to Horrace Greely, publisher of the New York Tribune newspaper and one time presidential candidate when he referred to the expansion westward of our young country.The expansion was made possible in large part because of the railroad. Our famous ...

Summer check up

Here we are heading into the last week of July and as usual we begin to notice how quickly summer is flying by.We are beginning to lose a bit of daylight as sunrise and sunset move away from their peak in June. We have had a few hot and humid days but for the most part here in the Middle ...