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Medical groups call for mandatory vaccine for health care workers

Nearly 60 health care groups are pushing for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all health-care and long-term care workers.The groups – including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Nursing, and the ...

Increase reported in Greene County’s unemployment rate

Unemployment rates in Greene and Washington counties rose two-tenths of a percentage point from May to June, according to seasonally adjusted statistics released recently by the state Department of Labor & Industry.Greene County’s jobless rate increased to 6.9%, while Washington ...

Rent assistance grants available as eviction moratorium expires

County agencies are scrambling to make tenants and landlords aware of a trove of federal money available to help people who are behind on their rent payments with a wave of evictions looming in the near future.The federal moratorium on evictions that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Bowlby Library announces August events

The Eva K. Bowlby Public Library, located at 311 N. West Street in Waynesburg, recently announced a wide array of events scheduled to be held at the library in August.PIONEER AND INDIAN TALES – A t 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11, Greene County Historical Society Director Matt Cumberledge will ...

Rain Day 2021: A new setting, a big crowd, and lots (and lots) of rain

You wanted rain on Rain Day? Well, you got it.Following a three-year dry spell, Mother Nature more than made up for it July 29 when severe storms sent residents scrambling for shelter amid warnings of a possible tornado.Although the first raindrop was officially reported at 12:09 p.m., that ...