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Just more than 9,000 people live in Aliquippa. It was once the economic heart of Beaver County, but the collapse of steel in the late 1980s and early…
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An umbrella group for 140 Presbyterian churches is calling for a halt to construction of a planned $6 billion petrochemical, or ethane cracker, plant in…
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A public health researcher delivered a dire warning on Monday during a panel on the implications of the planned Royal Dutch Shell ethane cracker plant in…
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Beaver County announced Monday it is suing for millions of dollars in damages from opioid manufacturers, drug distributors and physicians.The civil suit…
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In Southwestern Pennsylvania, there’s a congressional district that looks like a hammer.Pennsylvania’s 12th district is all over the map, weaving its way…
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Two workers died and four others were injured in an accident at a Pittsburgh-area coal-fired power plant late Tuesday.Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John…
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Shell Chemical Appalachia has reached a settlement agreement with two environmental groups that had challenged the air permit for its new petrochemical…
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Several Pennsylvania newspapers will be under new management this summer. GateHouse Media, a behemoth conglomerate overseen by New Media Investment Group,…
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City leaders say they want to streamline tax abatement programs for developers willing to take risks in historically underserved neighborhoods.Mark Belko…
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For the first time, shoppers at farmers markets around the region can grab some whiskey with their watermelon. Due to a 2016 change in state laws,…