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TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Citing “an alarming increase in covid-19 cases” and yet another surge expected to peak in January, Pennsylvania acting Secretary of Education Noe Ortega on Wednesday urged colleges and universities to delay the start of their spring semester. Ortega also suggested colleges and universities use virtual instruction as much as possible. “We are seeing an alarming increase in covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, and these trends are expected to worsen in January at the time...

The dome of the Westmoreland County Courthouse.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A grassroots activist group will host a public Zoom forum with Westmoreland County commissioners Wednesday evening to air local concerns and urge them to take an active role in battling the region’s growing public health crisis. Although the county does not have an independent public health department, a spokesman for Voice of Westmoreland said the group is circulating a petition calling on the county to advocate for broade...

Victoria Murrell had her ducks in a row last winter. The 32-year-old from North Huntingdon had spent four years waiting tables and attending classes at Seton Hill University on a full academic scholarship. She was on track to graduate with a degree in human resources. Then the covid-19 shutdown hit. Suddenly, the single mother who has worked since 15 found herself unemployed, juggling college classes, homeschooling her daughter, Rilee, and wondering how they’d survive. CARES Act pandemic unemployment assistance — scheduled to expire for more than 9 million Americans this month — helped ...

Getty Images   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. In a ceremony often considered as little more than a formality, Pennsylvania’s College of Electors on Monday certified their 20 votes for president-elect Joe Biden. The event mirrored similar ceremonies in states across the nation, as state electors cast ballots in a constitutionally mandated event to formalize Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory over President Trump. The vote will be presented to Congress for the official count Jan. 6, cementing Bi...