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Seven races in seven days, 71 miles, and a mission accomplished. Diana Irey Vaughan, former Washington County commissioner and soon-to-be president and CEO of the City Mission, completed the 2024 Disney Coast-to-Coast Challenge earlier this month, in a fundraising effort for the mission’s Hope for Homeless Women capital campaign to build a 50-bed women’s shelter. […]
The Washington County commissioners are planning to revisit the 911 emergency radio system over concerns about whether the current contractor approved by the previous board last March is meeting benchmarks. Commission Chairman Nick Sherman signaled during Tuesday’s board agenda meeting that the county will restart the bidding process soon while also holding onto the current […]
Photo courtesy of John Timney Washington County Commissioner Electra Janis is shown seated at her desk during the board’s reorganization meeting Tuesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Jared Edgreen Jared Edgreen prepares to take the oath of office as Greene County commissioner on Dec. 29 during a swearing-in ceremony. A new generation of leadership has arrived […]
Washington County’s three commissioners and row officers were sworn in Tuesday. Inside Courtroom No. 2 in the Washington County Courthouse, the commissioners and row officers took their oaths of office and began their duties. Returning Democratic Commissioner Larry Maggi and Republican Commissioner Nick Sherman were joined by Republican newcomer Electra Janis, a businesswoman who holds […]
1. Hardy dies Jan. 1 on his 100th birthday The expression “larger than life” was frequently applied to Joe Hardy, his business acumen, his properties, his booming voice, his booming laugh and his omnipresent cigar. The founder of 84 Lumber Co. and Nemacolin resort, who had an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, was a […]
1. WHS, UPMC merge Washington Health System and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced a merger in June. The systems signed a non-binding letter of intent, subject to regulatory approval, to integrate WHS into UPMC. The merger, if approved, will combine Washington Health System’s more than 2,000 employees, its two hospitals – the 278-bed Washington […]
By Gary Stout At the end of this year, one of the most remarkable political careers in Washington County history will end. For 28 years, Diana Irey Vaughan has served as an elected Republican representative on the Washington County Board of Commissioners. For most of Irey Vaughan’s career, the position of minority commissioner in our […]
Bill West was about to deliver a prayer to open the Washington County Board of Commissioners’ meeting Thursday when he stopped himself in order to tell a story about how longtime Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan helped facilitate a healing moment following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “The whole country was in turmoil,” West […]
Washington County officials are expected to vote Thursday on their 2024 budget, which does not include a tax increase. The proposed $168.516 million budget would represent a 3% increase over last year’s spending plan, with much of it still buoyed by federal stimulus money the county received in 2022. The anticipated revenue for next year […]