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PathWays to expand early intervention practices

PathWays is set to further expand its early-intervention capacity thanks to recently awarded grant funding. The $5,000 grant was awarded by the Washington Greene Health Foundation’s 2026 Community Grants Pilot Program, which will fund a new social-emotional learning curriculum and a related staff training program to improve early-intervention capacity. The Washington-based non-profit provides support and specialized services to individuals with disabilities across Southwestern Pennsylvania, including through two Rainbow’s End Learning Centers for children located in Washington and Greene counties. According to Rachel Raber, Rainbow's End Learning Center Greene County program ...

Search enters third day for missing Fayette man

Rescuers continue to look for a Fayette County man two days after he went missing. Jarred Callahan was last seen on June 9 at the Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Campgrounds, 839 Mill Run Road, Springfield Township, where he is an employee. Campground management reported Callahan, 43, of ...

Enjoying the pace of small-town life

For many, Southern California might evoke images of palm trees, ocean breezes and chilled-out beach bums. But Breanne Chapley knew true relaxation could only be found back home in Fayette County. “California is hectic,” said Chapley, who now lives in McClellandtown. “Traffic is awful, ...

Washington, Fayette schools receive grants for career and technical education programs

A Washington County school district and two Fayette County career and technical centers were among 54 Pennsylvania schools that received a portion of $4.3 million in grants through the Competitive Equipment Grants program. The program helps with the purchase of new equipment for approved CTE programs that prepare students for in-demand jobs. Trinity Area School District and Fayette County Career & Technical Center each received $85,000, the maximum amount awarded, while Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center received $74,320. School districts and CTCs can use the grants to update or purchase equipment used in the training of students in approved career and technical ...

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Up in arms

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia baseball's hitting received a lot of attention in the NCAA tournament. The Mountaineers beat Kentucky on a walk-off single from Armani Guzman, and Paul Schoenfeld hit a two-run go-ahead home run to rally in the ninth. Then, against Cal Poly in the super ...

Into the Hall: John Kolar

Masontown native John Kolar may have been one of the great high school baseball players in Fayette County history. He never had the chance to find that out, though. Masontown High School at that time didn’t have a baseball team. Even so, Kolar managed to make his mark in Fayette County in ...

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Pirates stun Ohtani, Dodgers with 9-8 comeback win

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tyler Callihan hit the first two home runs of his career, a solo shot off Shohei Ohtani in the fourth inning and a go-ahead, three-run blast off reliever Kyle Hurt in the eighth as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-8 on Wednesday night. Ohtani ...

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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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A walk in the woods

Have you ever wondered about how it all happened? Why does a certain plant grow in the shade, while another must have a sunny location to reach its potential to just survive? What did the first plants look like and how different were they from what we see today? For billions of years the ...

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