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Nursing home workers call on Valley West for negotiations, transparency

Nursing home workers and union representatives criticized Valley West-owned facilities for not coming to the bargaining table and for not providing necessary supplies for workers during a press conference ahead of a scheduled three-day strike. Workers from the 10 Valley West facilities, ...

‘Here for the fun of it’: Harvest Festival crowd reaps bounty

The square bale of straw that people might use to spruce up their fall decor could come from a quick trip to the store. Or it could come through a tractor, baler and sweat. Matt Mooney of Waynesburg drove his tractor 5 miles from his farm to the Greene County Historical Society Museum ...

Morris Twp. celebrates new community center

Morris Township residents will again have a space for meetings, banquets, weddings and other community functions — and in a spot they know well. The township hosted a ribbon cutting at the newly built community center Sept. 27, coinciding with the annual 5K run. “We should get our ...

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Burns learned the true meaning of ‘student-athlete’ early on

Jim Burns Jr. learned early on in his life that he was never going to be an athlete if he wasn’t a student first. That expectation is not surprising when your father is the superintendent of schools. Burns’ father, Jim Burns Sr., had a passion for sports, but also education, as he was ...

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High school football roundup: Scotties rout Yough, remain unbeaten under Shoaf

Dustin Shoaf still has yet to taste defeat as a head coach. Southmoreland upped its record to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Class 3A Interstate Conference in Shoaf’s first year at the helm with a 41-0 win at his alma mater Yough on Friday night in Week Six football action. Jackson Mickens had ...

Electric 18

JEFFERSON — Jefferson-Morgan pushed its regular-season winning streak to 18, but there wasn’t much celebrating after a 37-19 victory over Beth-Center on Friday in Class A Tri-County South Conference play at Parker Field. The Rockets improved to 4-0 in the conference and 7-0 overall, and ...

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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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