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Benefits of an early spring

After the old-fashioned winter we had, many are enjoying the benefits of an early spring. January and February saw temperatures in Southwestern Pennsylvania average about 4 degrees below normal while March saw our average temperature 8 degrees above what we normally see. The Polar Vortex ...

Oil spill deals economic blow to fishermen in Gulf of Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Every year, fish markets in the seaside Mexican city of Veracruz flood with a crush of customers in the lead up to Holy Week. This year, they were virtually empty. That's because a huge oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has spread more than 373 miles (600 ...

The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950

Around here it was called “The Big One,” and the front page of the Evening-Standard described the quiet as local movie houses along with bars and restaurants were closing as our area was in the midst of a powerful storm that to this day remains the stuff of legend. The paper reported ...

Game commission releases deer harvest estimates

Pennsylvania hunters harvested about 6% more deer in the 2025-26 hunting seasons than they did the year before, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates. The statewide 2025-26 deer harvest was estimated at 505,600 deer, 185,310 of them antlered and 320,290 antlerless. By ...

Rescuers try to refloat stranded humpback whale in Baltic Sea

BERLIN (AP) — Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea, racing against time in an effort to save its life. Experts gathered Tuesday morning on the Timmendorfer Strand beach to find a way to get the 30-foot-long ...

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 ...