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Westmoreland County Commissioner Sean Kertes has had to extinguish a lot of small political fires in his first term, but admitted Friday was the first time he ever entered a burning building. “I’ve never even worn this type of fire gear before,” Kertes said minutes after going through the decontamination

With the newly drawn redistricting maps finally setting the lines that will define legislative districts, it is time for people to analyze what the definitions will mean. In Westmoreland County, for example, the people will go from having eight seats in the state House of Representatives to six. While all

For the past decade, state Rep. George Dunbar’s 56th District local office has operated in a building just south of Clay Pike, near the Circleville Volunteer Fire Hall in North Huntingdon. For a while last week it was unclear whether the veteran state lawmaker would be able keep his office

State Reps. Ryan Warner, R-Perryopolis, and Eric Davanzo, R-Smithton, are hosting two Federal Government Day events to help residents with federal government issues.

If State Rep. Bob Brooks, R-Murrysville, wants to continue representing the 54th Legislative District, he may have to move to southeastern Pennsylvania to do it. Under the proposal for redistricting House seats in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Brooks’ hometown of Murrysville would be split in two. It would be absorbed

The chairman of Rostraver Township commissioners used prepaid, disposable “burner” phones and set up fake Facebook accounts to harass political opponents and rivals for more than two years, according to criminal complaints filed Tuesday. A yearlong investigation started after fellow commissioner Gary N. Beck Sr., a Democrat, complained to police

Uniontown Rosary Walk planned

Memorial Day events • Irwin: A parade sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church, follow Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, then proceed eastward to Irwin Union Cemetery for a ceremony. Army veteran David Mahlstedt, a supervisor at Snyder Funeral Home,

STATE PLANS TO REENACT UNEMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS IN JULY By Hometown1 Acting State Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced yesterday that beginning July 18 th, jobless workers will have to prove they applied for two jobs per week in order to receive unemployment benefits, and must also register with PA Careerlink.  Those two requirements were suspended last year because of the pandemic. Some industry representatives, however, want the requirements to start earlier.   Th...

Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Beginning July 18, Pennsylvania’s unemployed workers again will have to prove they applied for two jobs per week to continue to receive jobless benefits, a state labor official said Monday. Unemployed workers also must register for job search services with the PA CareerLink offices. The requirements were suspended last year as part of Gov. Tom W...