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Rare sights of Enlow Fork Valley spotlighted in Spring Fling

Whether they were looking down at fire pink on the trailside or up at a blue jay soaring over trees, the sights of Enlow Fork Valley found an appreciative audience during Sunday’s 46th annual Spring Fling. The Association for Rural Conservation launched the walk in 1980, part of a wave of ...

Washington man charged in city shooting

Washington police arrested a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting in the city Monday. On Tuesday police charged Trevon Jamar McCrary, 30, of Washington, with felonies of criminal homicide and carrying a firearm without a license. McCrary is accused in court documents of shooting and ...

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Mighty Mustangs

In what was likely their last meet on the track at Mustang Field, the Laurel Highlands senior duo of Diondra Brown and Matt Schwertfeger dominated the competition on their way to winning the Track and Overall MVP awards Saturday afternoon in the Fayette County Coaches Association Track & ...

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Pittsburgh leans into physicality during the NFL draft

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the NFL draft with a very real need at quarterback. They left it much the same way, save for taking a late-round flyer on former Ohio State star Will Howard. And while that decision sent a very public flare to free agent Aaron Rodgers that he can ...

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Family day: Local kid Skenes outduels Yamamoto

LOS ANGELES — Paul Skenes and his parents got a suite at Dodger Stadium on Friday night and handed out tickets for about 35 aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. "I was playing for free tonight," he joked. Seemed like everybody Skenes knows from back home wanted to watch the Pittsburgh ...

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OP-ED: Gatsby: once smitten, always in love

Every summer for more than I can recall, I've read, or reread, two books, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One is the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1940, at the age of 44 - “The Last Tycoon,” or more properly, “The Love of the Last Tycoon, A Western.” The other is ...

Outdoors

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Silver Lining

Fishing conditions were poor for the April 5 opening day of trout season on area streams. Heavy rain for several days prior to the opener made creeks and streams high and muddy. Anglers have everything going against them on creeks near flood stage. Trout don’t feed. Instead, they hug the ...

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