By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council is trying to figure out how best to handle building permits in the borough. Code Enforcement Officer Joseph Volpe doesn’t have the certifications n...

By JULIA MARUCA and RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media Ali Kander knew it was going to be cold, but family tradition is family tradition. “I learned to ski when I was 5, and she’s 5,” Kander said while...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com The Bee Club in the California Area School District has something new to buzz about. Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently announced $498,...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com State Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-Smithton, announced that the Commonwealth Financing Authority has awarded funds to two projects in his district — one of which includ...

Baer Scears, 2, and his brother, Jonas, 7, rode their sled Friday afternoon in the yard of their California home. They are the sons of Breanne and Jason Scears. To purchase this photo and more from ou...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Several community projects in Allegheny County will benefit from the most recent round of funding through the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fun...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media After months of failed contract negotiations, members of a union representing more than 500 Westmoreland County employees plan to notify the county Monday of thei...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Alliance is looking for bids to complete the renovation of the Mon Valley Business Resource Center in Monongahela.   The MVA’s hub and...

By the MVI A local middle school teacher received a McDonald’s Make Activities Count Grant on Thursday. A $500 check was presented to Jennifer Wachs during an assembly at South Allegheny Middle School...

Sydney Flinn of Jefferson Hills was with her 5-year-old cousin, Ledger Labyoda of South Park, to watch a basketball doubleheader Thursday evening at Thomas Jefferson High School. To purchase this phot...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Trash is slowly being picked up from sidewalks, alleys and dumpsters in Mon Valley communities that claim they went weeks without sanitation servic...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com The incoming Donora Council members chose to reopen the 2024 budget at last week’s meeting and following discussion with the finance committee, a...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A temporary ice skating rink recently built on the California Area School District campus will give students and community members something to look ...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media The union representing 5,000 state university faculty across Pennsylvania has reached “an agreement in principle” with leaders of the State System of Higher Educatio...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department Capt. and borough Emergency Management Agency Director Matthew Prentice is shown assembling a cot from the American Red Cross i...

By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor swolford@yourmvi.com LaRae Stieman has treasured memories of growing up on her grandparent’s Elizabeth Township homestead, where they often hosted memorable parties an...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Lexi Fox has already made a name for herself in the Washington County junior baking world — having earned the first-place blue ribbon in the juni...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board directors clashed over the possibility of restructuring committees and adding a new one that would govern the board and oversee policy. Sc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman is wanted on a warrant for cruelty to animals after police found a dog in her backyard in the freezing rain with no shelter. Ch...

By the MVI The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced the scheduling of an extensive series of 12 in-person and telephonic hearings in late January and early February to gather public input ...