AHN women’s health van expands access to care
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 15, 2025
The new mobile health facility was unveiled Tuesday in McKeesport. Allegheny Health Network unveiled a new mobile women’s health van Tuesday morning in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Carnegie Library of...
Cybersecurity breach affects school districts
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 15, 2025
Monessen and California Area superintendents released statements regarding unauthorized access through PowerSchool. Several Mon Valley school districts have been impacted by a cybersecurity breach of ...
Board to take more time on infrastructure project
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MONESSEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 15, 2025
“Our commitment to ABM is firm, but again, our responsibility to the taxpayers prevails. (This) is the biggest expenditure this school district will have made in over 20 years probably.” Directors wil...
NBV likes new trash service
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 15, 2025
Mayor Craig Ambrose said ProWaste LLC has been “unbelievable” in its first two weeks on the job. While they are only two weeks into a new garbage contract, leaders in North Belle Vernon are already se...
Monaghan Foundation donates to Michael’s Ovation
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January 15, 2025
The Edward V. Monaghan Charitable Youth Foundation recently made a donation to Michael’s Ovation, a local nonprofit organization that was formed to honor the memory of the late Michael Shaffer, a stud...
Grant program for 2025 arts-related projects now open in Westmoreland County
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January 15, 2025
For the MVI The Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks and Recreation is offering grants to nonprofit organizations to support arts-related projects and activities that will benefit Westmoreland County r...
Is U.S. Steel’s future with Nippon Steel or Cleveland-Cliffs?
Politics
January 15, 2025
IS THE FUTURE OF U.S. STEEL at a fork in the road? More than a week after blocking the almost $15 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel, President Joe Biden’s administration made a...
Trump’s real punishment
Politics
January 15, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday in the bookkeeping case brought against him by Alvin Bragg, the elected Democratic district attorney of Manhattan. The sentence was effectively not...
Politics
January 15, 2025
To the Editor: The following is a sonnet written in 1883 by Emma Lazarus. It eventually was cast in bronze and in 1903 was mounted on a pedestal on the lower level of the Statue of Liberty. The full t...
Around The Valley
Woman passed out in vehicle charged with DUI
January 15, 2025
A man was found asleep in his Red Dodge Ram 1500 in Smithton by Belle Vernon State Police in December. Ronald Robert Hazlett, 53, of Export, Pa., was charged with DUI, disorderly conduct, an expired v...
PennWest California breaks ground for science building
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 14, 2025
Construction is expected to be completed in 2027. Pennsylvania Western University hosted an official groundbreaking Monday morning for a new building on the California campus. University, state and lo...
Officials: Health issue resolved at Charleroi Area High School
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 14, 2025
A student who was recently treated for tuberculosis has been cleared to return to school. A Charleroi Area High School student was isolated and sent home from school Monday as a precautionary measure ...
Cleveland-Cliffs still interested in U.S. Steel
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By JACK TROY TribLive 
January 14, 2025
The company’s CEO plans to make another offer if the Nippon Steel sale doesn’t get approval. Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday his company is ready to make another offer for U.S. Ste...
Prioritize your health this year
Health, Latest News, Main
ACHIEVING WELLNESS WITH DR. EMILIO GALIS, DPT
January 14, 2025
I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas season with family and loved ones. That was a fast 2024. On to 2025. Every new year, we all seem to have a fresh start in mind. A way to set goals for the year,...
White Oak may create advisory committee for recreation issues
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 14, 2025
The change could be made at council’s Feb. 10 session. White Oak Solicitor Ashley Puchalski started discussions at Monday’s council workshop meeting for a possible recreation advisory committee. The b...
City Park amphitheater may become concert site
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MONESSEN
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 14, 2025
Mayor Ron Mozer would like to bring in Billy Price as the first performer. Monessen is considering holding concerts at the amphitheater in City Park. During Thursday’s work session, Mayor Ron Mozer me...
$20M Amazon upgrade to displace 432 workers
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By By JOE NAPSHA TribLive 
January 14, 2025
Some of them may wind up at the company’s New Stanton warehouse. Online retailer Amazon said Monday it will displace 432 of 500 workers at its Findlay sorting center in March as the company makes more...
Around The Valley, Latest News
January 14, 2025
Decreased funding and increased food prices led Southwestern Pa. Area Agency on Aging, Inc. to implement a waiting system for new requests. For the MVI Starting Wednesday, Southwestern PA Area Agency ...
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By By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer 
January 14, 2025
If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores. A new code of...