With electric rates going up and the increased usage that comes with battling a muggy summer, local customers are seeing higher bills. But there are strategies people can use to compensate, both in choosing their providers and reducing the power they use. The latest hikes took effect June 1, ...

A utility pole fire knocked out power to more than 2,000 people in Greene County on Wednesday. A transformer on top of a power line on Gensler Circle near West Waynesburg caught fire around 10:50 a.m., damaging the pole and cross arm badly enough that they needed replacement, said Todd Meyers, ...

The winds that whipped through Menallen Township on Sunday were consistent with an EF-1 tornado, according to the National Weather Service. A team from the NWS was in Fayette County to survey the damage in Menallen on Tuesday. NWS Meteorologist Jason Frazier said the survey team was also in ...