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DRYerson Festival honors ‘local treasure’ and ‘important wins’
The opportunity to pay homage to Ryerson Station Park – the only state park in Greene County – comes this Saturday with the 18th annual DRYerson Festival. The festival, held by the Center for Coalfield Justice, offers attendees a chance to reflect on the park’s history of environmental struggles.
DRYerson Festival honors ‘local treasure’ and ‘important wins’
The opportunity to pay homage to Ryerson Station Park – the only state park in Greene County – comes this Saturday with the 18th annual DRYerson Festival. The festival, held by the Center for Coalfield Justice, offers attendees a chance to reflect on the park’s history of environmental struggles.
Beat the heat: Cooling centers offer relief from scorching temps
With temperatures expected to hit the high 90s all week and a heat advisory in effect until Friday night, cooling shelters have been opened for folks in need of a place to escape the heat. In Fayette County, the Connellsville Area Senior Center at 100 E. Fayette St. is available.
Update: Thunderstorms with damaging winds and quarter-sized hail in Greene County Tuesday
The National Weather Service issued an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 3:24 p.m. on Tuesday valid until 3:45 p.m. for Greene County. The storms are expected to bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch). "At 3:23 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located over Morgantown,...
Update: Part of Pennsylvania under a heat advisory until Friday evening
The National Weather Service issued an updated heat advisory at 8:02 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until Friday at 8 p.m. for Westmoreland Ridges, Fayette Ridges and Higher Elevations of Indiana as well as Mercer, Venango, Forest, Lawrence, Clarion, Armstrong, Greene and Indiana counties. The weather service states, "Heat index...
UPMC Washington, UPMC Greene celebrate their new affiliation
WASHINGTON, Pa. — What a difference a year makes. On Wednesday, UPMC Washington hosted a celebration at the hospital to commemorate its new affiliation with UPMC. The celebration, which included flag-raisings at now renamed UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene in Waynesburg, comes one year after the health systems announced plans to merge.
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