Rick Shrum

What’s in a name? In this instance, it’s about an expansion of the purpose of a longtime energy program at Washington & Jefferson College. The Center for Energy Policy and Management has just been rechristened the Center for Energy and the Built Environment, reflecting the program’s mission to address the region’s evolving needs. Energy-related programming […]

Chris Petronka grew up in North Franklin Township, along Franklin Farms Road. He and his family led a quiet, secure existence there – one that became more secure with time.

For the third year in a row, 84 Lumber has made Newsweek's list of Most Trustworthy Companies in America. The North Strabane-based company has made the cut from 2024 to 2026.

Ace of Fades and Cuts in Bethel Park caters mostly to male clients.

Five dollars, of course, went a lot farther in 1971 than it does today. The five spot that seven employees of Washington Steel Co. each contributed at that time was enough to launch a credit union for them and their co-workers.

Sam and Jim Davis readily admit they did not grow up amidst wealth. But their parents, Thelma and Norman, made them rich with knowledge, savvy and guidance from inside their modest home in the village of Republic.

UPMC Washington is expanding access to specialized neurological care. The hospital has instituted an inpatient teleneurosurgery consultation service that employs secure video technology, enabling UPMC neurosurgery specialists to provide real‑time consultations for hospitalized patients with spine or brain‑related (intracranial) conditions. Specialists work directly with the hospital care team at a patient’s bedside. Through this service, […]

Light was the operative word in Canton Township on Thursday, as Lighthouse Electric Inc. prepared for light-up night at its prefabrication facility. The gargantuan manufacturing plant, along Ellis Avenue, was on display Thursday evening during a tour organized by the Washington County Manufacturers Association. A group of about 20 strolled through the 170,000-square-foot building, constructed […]

A Washington-based real estate agent, the house she sold locally and the North Carolina transplants who bought it will be featured on national TV next week. “House Hunters,” a long-running reality series on HGTV, will stop in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Wednesday night for a show that will air at 10 p.m. HGTV actually has stopped […]

Barron McCune, commonly known as “Pat,” did not stand pat during a quarter-century with Community Bank, mostly as a corporate leader. He helped not only to sustain, but expand this venerable institution’s role in a region he called home. “There aren’t many local independent banks left, much less ones that are 125 years old,” said […]