2021: A look back on the year; The ongoing pandemic, politics, mergers and more are Valley’s top news stories

By the MVI staff

The year started with a lot of promise. The world had vaccines.
And even as the planet reached 2 million dead by the middle of the month of January, people in many of the hard-hit countries, including the United States and Britain, began rolling up their sleeves and receiving the life-saving shots. The rollouts were rocky at times — production problems delayed deliveries and rich countries received the lion’s share of the vaccines.  This past spring, the Mon Valley Independent joined the effort to battle COVID-19 by hosting a vaccine clinic.

Here’s a A look back at the year’s top Pennsylvania and Mon Valley stories — as if anybody could forget:

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