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UPDATE 2/7/24 1:23 p.m.: New details have been released on the officer-involved shooting from Wednesday morning. According to Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis, the shooting happened after a traffic stop. The person shot sustained non-life-threatening injuries. No officers were injured. Columbus police say both officers are on leave with pay pending the conclusion of the […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A portion of a major road is closed on Wednesday morning following an officer-involved shooting, according to the Columbus Police Department. The closure impacts the eastbound lanes of Manchester Expressway from Miller Road to Beaver Run Road. The public is asked to avoid the area until further notice. There are currently […]

CNX Gas Company officials hope residents of Washington Township won’t even notice their latest gas well. The shale gas drilling site, approved by township supervisors, is to be on previously strip-mined property east of Route 66 and north of Beaver Run Road. “Our feeling and hope are that no one

There’s been little change to an extended dry spell that has dropped water levels to rarely seen lows in the region’s reservoirs. But water customers who’ve been asked to cut back on their use are doing their job, according to municipal authority officials. Customers have been conserving, said Michael Kukura,

When Barb Daugherty drives on Story Road to and from her home in Slickville, she often glances over at the Beaver Run Reservoir. The water levels for the last few months have been concerning. “It has been the lowest I have ever seen it,” she said. Daugherty feels the pinch

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County announced mandatory conservation will go into effect due to declining levels in the Beaver Run Reservoir.

Straban Township supervisors Monday took an initial step toward defining a zoning district for future industrial solar development.

Heavy rains over the past two weeks have had little impact on water levels at the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County’s Beaver Run Reservoir. Officials in mid-November issued a mandatory call for water conservation for nearly half of the agency’s water customers amid drought-like conditions near the reservoir in Bell

State officials on Friday declared a drought watch in Westmoreland County as a voluntary water conservation order remains in effect for some customers of the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. The state Department of Environmental Protection said moving Westmoreland County to drought watch status will support the efforts there to

Environmentalists are divided over a new deal struck by Pennsylvania’s governor with a natural gas producer.