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Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Pharmacist Nichole Sisson fills a needle with a dose of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine while inoculating workers inside Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Westmoreland County commissioners’ plan to create a covid-19 vaccine registry is on hold as county leaders search out a potential third party to help craft a waiting list for ...

Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review David Andrako of North Huntingdon watches as his son, Aiden Andrako, 11, fills buckets with salt from the shed at Norwin Landscape Suppy in North Huntingdon on Thursday. Andrako said he prefers buying the bulk salt rather than bagged de-icer.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Dave Andrako of North Huntingdon was filling seven buckets with rock salt this week at Norwin Landscape Su...

The Catholic Diocese of Greensburg announced two new key leadership appointments. Bishop Larry Kulick, who was installed last week, revealed Thursday a new vicar general and director of Catholic Charities. Both men are longtime figures in the diocese. Msgr. Raymond E. Riffle, 68, rector of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg,

The post-holiday spread of confirmed covid cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin area rose by 57 from Feb. 8-16, according to state Department of Health data released Tuesday. That translates to an increase of 2.2%. The fact that the increase in cases from Feb. 8-16 was greater than the 43

The Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority has a significant chunk of money to help clear blight from communities. Now officials just need vacant buildings with the potential for demolition, said Brian Lawrence, executive director. “It is an essential thing that we have to face in our communities,” he said. The countywide

Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The debate over what to do with backyard chickens could come to a head Wednesday when North Huntingdon officials are expected to vote on a proposal to allow hens, but not roosters, to be raised in certain neighborhoods. The seven commissioners, who have been split over how to regulate backyard chickens, are to vote on a zoning ordinance amendment...

Joe Napsha A Greater Latrobe student boards a bus Wednesday. Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. As new covid cases continue to drop in Westmoreland County and it appears a post-holiday coronavirus spike has been dodged, several area school districts have brought studen...

Courtesy of Henry and Patricia Heer Henry and Patricia Heer celebrate 70 years of marriage. Courtesy of Henry and Patricia Heer Henry and Patricia Heer on their wedding day, Dec. 15, 1950, at Christ Lutheran Church, Forest Hills.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Family had planned to gather in December to celebrate Henry and Patricia Heer, a North Huntingdon couple who have been married 70 years. The event...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Irwin Council decided Wednesday to no longer require anyone attending their meetings to wear a mask in spite of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation to do so in order the slow the spread of covid-19. Meeting online through Irwin’s Facebook page, council decided 6-1 to return to the public works building for meetings starting in March until further ...

  TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. About 1,000 employees and staff members at Redstone Highlands’ three skilled nursing facilities have their first and, in some cases, second doses of the coronavirus vaccine. With the facilities on their way to being protected, president and CEO John Dickson said it was a shock to learn the virus made its way back in. An outbreak of covid-19 was reported in the Greensburg ce...