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Charleroi Area High School awarded grant for greenhouse renovation

Science teacher Eric Selva is hopeful that the $5,000 Environmental Education grant he received from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in late April will help catalyze a transformation of the outdoor learning area at Charleroi Area High School, giving his students new ways to learn about agriculture. The grant awarded to Charleroi Area is among the $1,019,523 in funding disbursed to 46 environmental education-focused projects across the commonwealth in the latest round of DEP grant funding. “Environmental education is lifelong learning, and whether you are a kid or a kid at heart, these projects will help connect you to the ways we can protect the air we ...

What's closed for Memorial Day

Federal, state, county and municipal offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. There will be no mail delivery and financial markets will be closed. The Herald-Standard will not publish a print edition.

Washington 'house hunter' and home airing on HGTV

A Washington-based real estate agent, the house she sold locally and the North Carolina transplants who bought it will be featured on national TV next week. “House Hunters,” a long-running reality series on HGTV, will stop in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Wednesday night for a show that ...

Greene County Historical Society and Museum to reopen in June

After sewer system issues at the Greene County Historical Society and Museum threatened a lengthy delay, it will reopen next month thanks to an influx of community support. Just before its opening weekend at the start of May, the museum in Franklin Township announced an indefinite closure ...

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Pirates rookie Valdez homers for first hit

TORONTO (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez homered for his first career hit, Spencer Horwitz and Oneil Cruz also connected and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Valdez was promoted from Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday and had gone 0 for 7 ...

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WVU baseball to host NCAA Regional

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Postseason baseball is coming back to Morgantown. The NCAA announced West Virginia baseball will be one of the 16 schools to host a regional for the NCAA baseball tournament. This is the first time the Mountaineers have hosted since 2019. WVU did a lot to get to this ...

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TUESDAY, MAY 26 PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...

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