How to build an emergency fund, pay off debt and make a plan for your money in 2026
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December 30, 2025

How to build an emergency fund, pay off debt and make a plan for your money in 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying off credit card debt, saving for a new house, or simply getting more educated about money.

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Salvation Army gets last-minute chance to meet goal
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 30, 2025
An anonymous donor is willing to contribute $6,000 if the organization can raise an additional $5,000 by Jan. 10. The Mon Valley Salvation Army got good news over the weekend when an anonymous donor p...
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December 30, 2025
Don’t miss the latest from Monongahela and White Oak in Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent.
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POLICE LOG
Elizabeth Township
December 30, 2025
• Ted Pascaline Honorat, 22, of Charleroi was charged with strangulation, disorderly conduct – engaging in fighting and harassment stemming from an alleged incident Saturday, court records state. • Ch...
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A year defined by accountability
December 30, 2025
WHEN IT COMES TO EDITORIALS, our focus is always on our people — what hurts, what helps, what can be fixed. Sometimes that means being hyperlocal, examining issues that may start on a single street or...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
December 30, 2025
To the Editor: Some people believe the country is going nuts. But I continue to believe in the good sense of most people. I am particularly encouraged by the good humor shown in the letters of Grace B...
Slouching toward open season on Jews
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Slouching toward open season on Jews
December 30, 2025
Jews celebrating Hanukkah were just slaughtered by Muslim gunmen on an Australian beach, in an imitation of the October 7 massacres. An inert Europe is canceling Christmas celebrations out of fear of ...