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Food pantries seeing high demand as SNAP benefits partially restart

After President Donald Trump’s administration said it would "partially fund” SNAP benefits in November, many families are still worried about how to put food on the table. Initially, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were not set to be distributed at all for ...

Counting the votes

Elections workers in Washington County were busy Tuesday morning pre-canvassing the more than 14,000 mail-in ballots the office received for the off-year election. Workers sorted the mail-in ballots for processing before handing them over to nearly two dozen other workers stationed at tables ...

State sends wrong files leaving some Fayette voters unable to check in at polls

Fayette County voters who changed the way they cast a ballot from last year to this year found themselves unable to check in at the polls this morning. Fayette County Commissioner Scott Dunn said the Pennsylvania Department of State transferred the 2024 voter files to be downloaded to the ...

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Waynesburg falls in PIAA girls volleyball opener, but makes history

Waynesburg Central’s greatest girls volleyball season came to an end in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A playoffs Tuesday. The Raiders made the approximately three-hour trip to Corry and fell to the undefeated District 10 champion Lady Beavers, 3-0. Scores were 26-24, 25-19 and ...

Winding down

Herald-Standard Touchdown Club leader Deakyn DeHoet didn’t have a chance to increase his total of 176 points. The Jefferson-Morgan senior will still claim the 2025 area scoring title, barring an explosion of points from Frazier’s Derek Diamond during the rest of the playoffs. DeHoet ...

From the brink

Frazier’s girls volleyball team was staring at a 2-0 deficit to California on Saturday afternoon with its season on the brink of ending. Three days later the Lady Commodores found themselves in the PIAA Class A quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. Frazier stormed back with a ...

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OP-ED: A fact-based look at America’s violence problem

Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...

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Bear aware

Outdoor excitement can arise as a surprise. Last week, I enjoyed an experience I’d wanted to undertake for a long time. I took a course at Touchstone Center for Crafts in the mountains near Farmington. The course was in botanical illustration, a blend of art and science in which ...

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