A regional organization is giving out up to ten $1,000 awards to health care workers currently enrolled in health care training. Applicants for the Tri-County Health Care Industry Partnershi... Read more
There’s been a big drop in oil prices over this week. As of yesterday evening, the price of crude oil per barrel dropped below $100. However, local financial advisor Howie Pentony says that... Read more
Residents in southern Butler County can now schedule an appointment to recycle electronics and household waste at a collection event in a few weeks. The Public Works building in Cranberry To... Read more
A popular program that started during the pandemic could return to restaurants and bars in the state. A bill that would make cocktails-to-go permanent has been proposed in the state senate.... Read more
The Butler Area School District is contracting with an Allison Park company to remove and dispose of asbestos at the Senior High. At their meeting earlier this week, the school board approve... Read more
We moved the clocks up an hour earlier this week, but that may be the last time that happens in the foreseeable future. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to make daylight saving time permane... Read more
A new proposal in Harrisburg aims to eliminate the need to toll nine interstate bridges in Pennsylvania. The plan was introduced this week and would see the state establish a $500 million tr... Read more
A local park is offering fun activities for all ages this week. Moraine State Park is holding a “Full Moon Paddle” later today from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Old Route 422 Launch by the Region... Read more
It was 85 years ago today that Central Electric Cooperative officially signed an incorporation notice. The CEC got its start in 1937 after residents in Butler, Clarion, Armstrong, and Venang... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a couple of bills that passed the Republican-led legislature. The first house bill mirrored legislation in a couple of other states, which required organizations... Read more
Local COVID hospitalizations are remaining very low. As of Monday morning, Butler Memorial Hospital was treating two patients for the coronavirus, with no one in the ICU. That’s one fewer th... Read more
Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is on hold. A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge ruled last week to grant a request for a preliminary injunction against t... Read more
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is allowing certain professionals to help pick up road-killed deer. The commission approved a measure that gives nuisance wildlife control operators the abil... Read more