Power companies rush to restore electricity after Saturday storms
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 25, 2022
By DAVE WILLIAMS Trib Total Media The storm that blew through the region Saturday left tens of thousands of households without power, as one of the region’s two major power companies reported signific...
Simcoach offers training for video game designers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 25, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Simcoach Games, headquartered on Pittsburgh’s South Side, held its summer apprenticeship finale Friday, showcasing area youths’ video game design projects over ...
Heat is on in Pennsylvania
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf issued a statement this week urging older Pennsylvanians to take precautions as high temperatures and humidity moved into the region. To read the ...
Westmoreland landfill moves toward new leachate system
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The state Department of Environmental Protection has published a draft air quality plan approval to allow the construction and initial temporary operation of a leachat...
McKeesport Community Day set for July 30
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com UPMC is celebrating being a part of the McKeesport community. And the city’s residents are invited to join in the fun. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy...
Entries being accepted for annual On Your MARC race
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela will host its fifth On Your MARC 5K race at 8 a.m. Aug. 6 at the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium. The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation sponsors ...
Fife & Drum unit has full schedule for August
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 23, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With five events and re-enactments under its belt, the newly formed MVAA Regimental Fife and Drum unit is gearing up for a busy August.   The unit, comprised of 15 f...
Something’s blooming at the flower show
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 22, 2022
The Valley Garden Club held its biannual flower show Thursday at the Mon Valley YMCA. Club president Roxanne Huss, flower show co-chairwoman Pam Gregor, flower show chairwoman Angie Raitano and flower...
Washington County: 2021 overdose deaths near record
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 22, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County came close to setting a record for overdose deaths in 2021, Coroner Tim Warco revealed in his annual statistical report. The county had 106 reporte...
Birthday card project more than doubles goal of 100
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 22, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Roscoe proclaimed July 19 as Lois Downes Day to celebrate the borough native’s 100th birthday. Dozens of relatives, friends and neighbors came to Downes’ longti...
Free movie tonight at Renzie Park
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 22, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tonight is movie night in Renziehausen Park. There’s also plenty of opportunity to play and engage with fellow community members before the show. To read the rest of t...
Blythedale couple growing & giving away produce
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 22, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A couple from the Blythedale section of Elizabeth Township is reshaping the scope of community service from the roots up. Karen and Jay Hoar took advantage o...
Lemonade for sale
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
Amirra Brewer, 12, and Breslin Trubiani, 12, both of Monessen, set up a lemonade stand on a hot Wednesday afternoon in hopes of earning enough money for Kennywood tickets.  
Submerged SUV pulled from Yough River
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport police are investigating after two diving enthusiasts who run YouTube channels discovered a car this week in the Youghiogheny River. The vehicle pulled from...
Ringgold teachers have new contract
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District announced Wednesday that negotiations between the district and the teachers’ union have resulted in a new five-year contract. To re...
Butler indicted by federal grand jury
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly three years after being sentenced for admitting to stealing thousands of stamp bags of heroin from the evidence room of the Elizabeth Borough Police Departmen...
EF board member opposes Olympus project
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 21, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com School board member Scott Henry is the first Elizabeth Forward School District official to publicly oppose an Olympus Energy fracking project that would be s...
Three-count on the wrestling mat
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
Koree Wright, 7, of Clairton practiced his referee skills on his wrestling action figures Tuesday evening while hanging out at Court Time Sports during MVI Summer Basketball League games.  
BVA School Board approves new member
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board has appointed a new member to fill the vacancy created by the death of Joe Grata.    Jason Gross was voted into immediate ...
Westmoreland internet access being mapped
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By Mon Valley Independent 
July 20, 2022
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Westmoreland Broadband began a data collection and broadband feasibility study Monday to accurately map internet access throughout the county. To read the rest ...