By Jill Runfola

The Monessen War Veterans Memorial Trust held a renaming ceremony for the city’s Ampitheater, Walking track and the three Picnic Shelters at the Monessen City Park Amphitheater on Oct. 25, 2020.   This event was done in conjunction with the Remembrance of the Anniversary of the Scud missile attack in Saudi Arabia on the 14^th Quartermaster Unit from Greensburg. It marks the Military National Day of the Deployed as well. The ceremony was open to members of the community, as well as friends and families of those being honored. Read more...

Nearly $1 million awarded across Pennsylvania

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $183,639 housing counseling grant to the Mon Valley Initiative (MVI) in Homestead, Pa. This supplemental funding will support quality housing counseling services in the Mon Valley region, including the foreclosure avoidance and rental counseling services used by many families as they work to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) has won a four-year pursuit to assure that Local Share Account (LSA) procedures in Washington County are fair, accountable and transparent. Judge Katherine Emery ruled recently that the Redevelopment Authority must provide records of 433 projects funded by the LSA of casino gambling. Cook issued the following statement: Read more...

By Lois Thomson

The steel industry in Pittsburgh shut down operations decades ago, and many towns in the Mon Valley suffered as a result. However, the Rivers of Steel organization is an arts and heritage preservation corporation that aims to highlight the artistry and innovation of that Pittsburgh region.