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2000 Turkeys aims to meet goal of providing Thanksgiving dinners

Thanksgiving is three weeks away, and families are preparing to celebrate the holiday with a delicious meal surrounded by family and friends. But for nearly 19,000 families in Washington County struggling to make ends meet, Thanksgiving can be a stressful time. The goal of 2000 Turkeys, ...

Living in fear: ICE raids in Washington have immigrant community on edge

UPDATE: This story was updated on Nov. 8 to reflect confirmation of ICE raids. The recent ICE raids across the country and in Southwestern Pennsylvania, along with immigration enforcement agents in the city of Washington in recent weeks, have sparked fear among immigrants in the ...

MVAA withdraws from National Memorial Day Parade

Citing costs, the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) has withdrawn its Regimental Fife & Drum Unit from participation in the National Memorial Day Parade in 2026 in Washington, D.C. Calling the decision “painful and heartrending,” MVAA leadership determined that the financial ...

Donald Trump is officially clueless

By Richard Robbins On Friday evening before election day, while millions of Americans were losing federal food assistance and faced the prospect of going hungry, the president presided at a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago, his lush Florida estate. Gatsby, the fictional ...

Veterans Day events scheduled across the region

Veterans Day is Tuesday and veterans will be honored and remembered throughout the region this weekend and next week through parades, ceremonies and other events. One location where there will conspicuously be no Veterans Day ceremony – at least not an official one – is the National ...