3+ hour, 8+ min ago  (770+ words) With one swing of his bat early Tuesday afternoon, Cole Fowler made things much better for the Wild Things" hitters, who seemed to be well on their way to a frustrating and unproductive day at the ballpark. Gateway starting pitcher…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (727+ words) MORGANTOWN, W. Va. " An eagle chick from the Mon Valley is resting and recuperating at the Cheat Lake-based Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia after an emergency weekend surgery to extract a fishhook from its stomach. The bird " known as USS11 " is part…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (165+ words) The Greene County Farmland Preservation Board is accepting applications from qualifying landowners for participation in the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. Applications will be accepted through the end of this year. The program is designed to help farmers protect their land…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (327+ words) A Washington County farm is among 31 across Pennsylvania that will be permanently preserved through a new state investment aimed at protecting agricultural land from development. The Shapiro Administration announced more than $10. 2 million in funding to purchase development rights for farms,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (457+ words) South Park Buffalo Preserve welcomed a new addition to the herd last month. Rosie, the second oldest female bison at the preserve, gave birth to baby Denali at the end of March. Tim Foster, of Friends of the South Park…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (394+ words) Rain was threatening at Mill Run on Oct. 29, 1963, and its sound would have created a kind of chorus with the waterfall nearby. A tent was set up in case Gov. William Scranton and other dignitaries needed to escape an autumn…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (560+ words) Periodically, a news story comes across my i Pad that I just can't stop thinking about. This story started like this: "On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar." That opening line drew me in almost as fast as…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (728+ words) On Feb. 26, Mark Bedillion and his daughter, Lily, drove to a bee yard they operate on a property in Industry, Beaver County. Bee season is underway, and the pair were making a routine visit to the bee yard " one of…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (283+ words) To add charm to your yard, encourage local wildlife and give you a front-row seat to nature, building a birdhouse is a simple weekend project that checks all of those boxes. Seasoned DIYers and first-timers alike can follow this step-by-step…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (435+ words) In spectacular fashion, the culprit behind the Canonsburg rubber ducks has revealed itself: Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop. Wednesday night into Thursday, 14-foot-tall inflatable rubber ducks sprung up on the rooftops of businesses along Pike Street in what Grandpa Joe's owner…...