The arts, by their nature, are full of innovators – those people who will think outside of the box to make something work in any given situation.
For creators in film and theater, time seemed to stop during the pandemic.
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The arts, by their nature, are full of innovators – those people who will think outside of the box to make something work in any given situation.
Local churches adapt to virtual worship and distanced relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dan Baker, a Washington jazz guitarist, lost $20,000 in 2020 due to the coronavirus.
High school dramatic and musical productions have largely been mothballed over the last year, though some have put on productions online.
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Veterans' service organizations have struggled socially and financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kenton Klink has been the instrumentalist at Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church for 47 years.
The last year has been tough for artists and arts organizations, both large and small, but many have found ways to survive.
Connections continue for families, friends and members of churches, clubs and other organizations.
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Barb Stone, 87, and Lila Jeanie West, 88, have had their challenges since the coronavirus pandemic surged into the region.
The effort to prevent transmission of COVID-19 may be having unintended consequences on older adults - including their health and mental well-being.
The call was expected.
On a recent Friday morning, Patricia Negley and her sister, Marilyn Sue Negley, sat at a table in the Waynesburg Community Center with bingo cards in front of them, daubers poised to mark off numbers as center aide Jessie Rush called them out.
For one Fayette County funeral home that has been in business since just after the Civil War, 2020 wrapped up with an unfortunate milestone.
COVID-19 causes unexpected circumstances for couples.
Over the past year, many students across the country transitioned back and forth from brick-and-mortar learning to having their lessons delivered on a laptop.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the sports landscape in ways not even the most pessimistic fan could have envisioned a little more than a year ago.
Jugs of hand sanitizer sit atop a folding table. Stationed six feet away is a person seated in front of a cashbox. The attendant checks temperatures and scratches names off a list. The guests, mainly parents, toss admission passes into a cardboard box before entering the gymnasium for the evening’s event. Everyone inside, including the participants, wears face coverings.
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Fort Cherry sixth-grade teacher Dave Narigon is nearing the end of his 28th year in education. And other than his first year of teaching, the 2020-21 school year – unfolding during the COVID-19 pandemic – has, without question, been the hardest.
Trey Kratz and Hannah Smith are students at Canon-McMillan High School.
They say hope springs eternal and a year ago many high school athletes across the area had very high hopes for the upcoming spring season.
David Headlee headed out to the first football practice of the season three weeks ago and immediately felt different.
Although the remote learning to which students found themselves subject has hurt grades, superintendents in the area are looking for ways to improve performances.
Boys and girls in the winter sports season, almost to an athlete, just wanted the chance to compete, to play.
At home or back to the office - How will things work out?
Socially distant policing presented challenges to local departments during the pandemic.
It’s no secret that the court system can sometimes move a bit slowly.
While the number of child abuse reports in Fayette County waned in the early months of the pandemic, the overall severity of the cases increased in 2020.
Local businesses navigate the pandemic through innovation.
Jason Walsh hasn't run the data at the Washington County district attorney's office, but he senses that violent crime has been on the rise locally during the pandemic.
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When two Fayette County women opened Goodie Girls Bakery in Uniontown, it was important to them to use the business as a vehicle to give back to worthy causes.
Small-business owners, wait staffs, bartenders and cooks have all bore the brunt of the pandemic that began creeping into western Pennsylvania last March.
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