Rick Shrum

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 […]

“We were best friends who were in business together six days a week for more than 40 years,” she said of Gail Klingensmith, who died of cancer May 12.

A longtime grower and purveyor of produce in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Duda's Farm Inc. is striving to rebound from a period of financial woe and to reestablish its vaunted reputation across the region.

Two-and-a-half decades after relocating far from his roots, Harlan Kauffman feels very much at home. “It’s really been an incredible 25 years,” said the owner of The Kauffman Family Marketplace in Smith Township. “It’s really humbling the way the Burgettstown area and the community have supported us. We’ve seen a whole generation come and go. […]

“It's really been an incredible 25 years,” said the owner of The Kauffman Family Marketplace in Smith Township. “It's really humbling the way the Burgettstown area and the community have supported us. We've seen a whole generation come and go.

Established in 1935 in the midst of the Great Depression, cfsbank is remaining true to its roots. “The way we do business goes back to the beginning,” said Danielle Maurer, chief operating and retail officer for the Charleroi-based institution at 101 McKean Ave. “Our bank was founded at a time when a lot were closing. […]

California Borough will be losing its lone banking location – but not for good. “We are officially putting in a full-service branch in California,” said Danielle Maurer, chief operating and chief retail officer for cfsbank, based in nearby Charleroi. Key Bank will cease operations at 256 Third St. in California on Aug. 26 and transfer […]