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Whiskey Rebellion Festival returns to downtown Washington

The Whiskey Rebellion Festival returned to downtown Washington Friday and Saturday, bringing food, music, historical reenactors and more. It all commemorates the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion, which saw farmers in western Pennsylvania rising up against the federal government over an excise tax on ...

California Borough to host town hall on filling gap left by KeyBank closure

Cfsbank has invited California residents to attend a town hall event on Tuesday to discuss the future of banking in the borough. The tight-knit Mon Valley community was plunged into uncertainty after KeyBank - the only remaining full-service bank branch in town - announced the planned Aug. 1 ...

Pa. GOP assigns overseer to reorganize Washington Co. Republican committee

The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is assigning an overseer to reorganize Washington County’s GOP committee after the local political organization had a mass exodus of officers while an acting chairman ran the group for nearly a year without electing a permanent leader. The letter from ...

Sweet day for Sarris

CANONSBURG – The recent sweltering heat didn't melt the high spirits - or the chocolates - at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Sarris Candies' new factory store in Canonsburg to celebrate its opening. More than 100 Sarris employees, local and county officials, Canonsburg residents, and ...

‘We’re old school’

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 ...

‘A large reunion’

The sight of Ferris wheels, towering piles of cotton candy and the smoke plumes of a tractor pull are coming back for another year of delighting fairgoers. Between mid-July and early September, five county and regional fairs will take their turn in the spotlight as they continue traditions ...