Drone academy opens world of aviation to female high school students
The Center For Coalfield Justice will host a program, Shale Gas Fracking and Public Health 101 - The People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center's office at 69 E. Beau St. in Washington. The program will feature guest speaker Dr. Lauren Minsky, creator of the People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, which calculates average annual cancer incidence rates for Pennsylvania's cities, towns and boroughs from 2002 to 2021. The presentation will include an overview of fracking operations in southwestern Pennsylvania, knowledge of commonly seen health effects around fracking operations, an overview of resources such as the cancer screening ...
Special needs children and adults got a day-long look at the experiences of law enforcement and other first responders at the first Sunny Day Camp in Greene County Thursday. About 30 people attended the day-long camp, put on by the Pennsylvania State Police. The program is celebrating its 10th anniversary statewide. It鈥檚 based on Camp Cadet, a week-long summer youth program that gives children a look inside law enforcement and the criminal justice system. 鈥淪pecial needs is usually kind of a forgotten community, so we want to make sure they get the experience of Camp Cadet, what we do,鈥� said Trooper Melinda Bondarenka of Troop B鈥檚 Office of Community Engagement. Officers ...
Rain was everywhere but the skies. As of early Wednesday afternoon, not a drop had fallen in Waynesburg. But that didn鈥檛 stop the crowd that filled the parks downtown for a day of food, games, contests, music, entertainment and other excitement for the annual Rain Day celebration. Sparked ...
A sales representative distributing Little Debbie snack foods to area retailers is accused of issuing more than $13,000 in fraudulent invoices to several Washington County grocers in order to boost his commission. James Daniel Powell, 39, of Valley Grove, W.Va., was charged last week with multiple felony counts of forgery and theft after City of Washington police accused him of forging the signatures of grocery store employees and never delivering the snack products listed in the invoices. The local investigation began when sheriff鈥檚 deputies in Jefferson County, Ohio, began looking into the alleged fraudulent business dealings and contacted Washington police about possible similar ...
Just like life, mountains have peaks and valleys ups and downs. On July 13 of this year retired doctor Art Ulene became the oldest person to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. July 13th was his 90th birthday and it is the day he reached the summit at 19,341 feet above sea level. He and his ...
Absent from Pennsylvania for over 60 years, the federal and state endangered piping plover, a small shorebird, has made a comeback at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. Federal, state and local officials came together at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie this past weekend for ...
C. HARPER FAYETE OPEN Following are tee times for Saturday's second round of the C. Harper Fayette Open which will be held at Duck Hollow Golf Club on Saturday. The final round with pairings according to flights will be played at Uniontown County Club on Sunday with a shotgun start at 8 ...
The granddaddy of them all kicks off the local fair season this week. The Jacktown Fair 鈥� considered one of the oldest continually operating agricultural fairs in the country 鈥� started in 1866 as the Jacksonville Fair. For a little perspective on how long the event has been part of rural ...
(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...
