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While the once segregated Garfield School is now gone, alumni are working to make sure its legacy is not forgotten.

Mary Ann Thomas | Tribune-Review Courtesy of Audubon Society of W. Pa. Audubon’s Babcock Nature Center under construction in Buffalo Township in early 2021.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A soft opening is planned this spring for the $1.5 million Babcock Nature Center in Buffalo Township, under construction off Monroe Road next to the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. A collaboration between the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and Buffalo Township, the new 2,500-square-foot center and a 1,200...

Feb.15.2021 The world’s turquoise supply is limited, the ad said. It urged me to buy a piece of turquoise jewelry sooner rather than later. The “snooze, you lose” message wasn’t subtle. The ad implied I had discriminating taste if I wore turquoise. I’d follow in the footsteps of Native American shamans who understood the healing power of turquoise. Or I’d be akin to European royalty who were introduced to turquois, meaning Turkish, when the gemstone came from Persia via Turkey in the 17th century. Like many gemstones, turquoise’s popularity waxes and wanes ...

Tribune-Review Courtesy of Eric Horgos Thompson Run Waterfalls under the Route 837 bridge in Duquesne will be identified in new signage along the Great Allegheny Passage trail between Cumberland, Md. and Pittsburgh.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The sites of former steel mills and other long-gone vestiges of the region’s industrial might from Homestead to McKeesport will be emblazoned with historical markers along the Great Allegheny Passage trail. Rivers of Steel, a nonprofit focusing on the regio...

Courtesy of Fred Lamolinara   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. As the U.S. Forest Service has opened up ATV and off-road vehicle permits for the Allegheny National Forest, the state reports that its licenses for these sports vehicles continue to trend upwards. The U.S. Forest Service offers permits for off-road vehicles to use federal forests, including the region’s closest federal lands, the Allegheny National Forest. Meanwhile, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issues its permi...