For the MVI The Washington County Community Foundation awarded a $250,000 matching grant to Food Helpers, the new umbrella organization for the Greater Washington County Food Bank.   In July, Food Hel...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com He came back and they didn’t ­— and that’s why any time The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall comes anywhere close to the Mon Valley, Vietnam veteran Bill Callaway ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, the California Borough Riverfest is returning this weekend. The event sponsored by the California Borough Recreation ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a public hearing this week before the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD) board, McKeesport officials requested funding for a crown jewel of the city — Renzieha...

California University of Pennsylvania kicked off a four-day welcome weekend on Thursday, as first-year students moved to campus. Upperclassmen will move into the residence halls on Saturday. Events ar...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Coronado Coal chief geologist Joe Wickline in a Forward Township Planning Commission hearing this week said the room-and-pillar-mining method his company is pro...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There was a resounding roar of approval from a crowd of 200-300 people Wednesday evening as the Forward Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to recomm...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen has applied for nearly $1.3 million in grant funding to rehab the downtown public parking garage. Mayor Matt Shorraw said the $910,000 grant ...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media There will be plenty of potential pandemic hobbies on display starting Friday as the Westmoreland Fair returns. Entry office secretary Leanna Landy said entries f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A limited number of residents in McKeesport and Glassport are being presented with a fun opportunity to beautify their properties while showing some love to Mother Nat...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Each news story coming out of Afghanistan stirs up old memories and new concerns for Mark Smith, who spent nearly four years there as an engineer advisor to a p...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Another Monessen resident has tossed his cap into the ring for the mayoral race in the November election, but his status has been challenged in Westmoreland Count...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com When Charleroi Area School Board directors unanimously approved a reopening plan last month without a mask mandate, they didn’t anticipate a new variant of COVID-19 ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A car accident Monday has closed a Charleroi doctor’s office indefinitely due to apparent structural damage. According to Charleroi fire Chief Bob Whiten Jr., a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A local nonprofit group of motorcycle enthusiasts known for helping neighbors from the Mon Valley and beyond is honoring Vietnam veterans and those who made the ultima...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A former Mon Valley Hospital therapeutic recreational specialist is suing the hospital in federal court, alleging he was fired following “racially motivated discrimina...

Jesalyn Arnold, 9, of Charleroi gets her hair styled by Alexis Walter, a cosmetology student at Douglas Education Center, during the DEC’s back-to-school haircut celebration Monday morning. Free hairc...

By the MVI staff President Joe Biden declared Monday that he stands behind his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, despite “gut-wrenching” images coming out of the country after the swi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first order of business at Monday’s Belle Vernon Area School Board meeting was to seat a new board member, filling the vacancy created last month by the res...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A member of White Oak’s planning commission criticized council members in attendance at Monday’s council meeting, alleging a lack of communication on a personnel-relat...