The Department of Environmental Protection cited 72 waste-hauling trucks for operational and safety violations during recent inspections in Westmoreland, Somerset and Allegheny counties.

A Pennsylvania woman is recovering in a Pittsburgh hospital after an accident Saturday night on Interstate 70.

Westminster College oboist Jennie Smith and flutist Erin Thompson will present their senior recital Sunday, Nov.

Dormont council's vote earlier this month against building a skate park highlighted the issues that every municipality faces when confronted with a similar question: crime, litter, graffiti, security, noise and cost.

Speak Out: What's your reaction to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize? Written by Courier Newsroom Thursday, 22 October 2009 11:24 President Obama recently won the Nobel Peace Prize so we asked Pittsburghers what they thought.

The group studying a landfill blamed for causing terrible odors at an Allegheny County school is expected to provide an update on the situation.

Share + Sep 8, 2009 6:35 pm US/Eastern Today is the day that nearly 60 National City branches become part of First Niagara and while that switchover had an apparent bumpy start on Friday, the company says now, it's just about business as usual.

A new contract to replace all of Allegheny County's 406 copiers, printers and fax machines is the latest addition to the county's efforts in cutting waste and energy costs as part of its Allegheny Green initiative, officials said.

Drag racers from 19 states are set to return to Pittsburgh Raceway Park, the IHRA-sanctioned drag racing facility in New Alexandria, for the IHRA Pro-Am and Sportsman National today through Sunday.

I find it hard to believe that we're already in the second week of August. Shortly, I'll once again be counting hawks migrating down the Kittatinny Ridge.

I find it hard to believe that we're already in the second week of August. Shortly, I'll once again be counting hawks migrating down the Kittatinny Ridge.

This cube-like slab, which is made of soil, crushed limestone, asphalt and pavement will be the first piece of the National Road ever to be removed intact.

Max Blair and Tom Snyder Jr. took the wins in the two FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series races in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

West Allegheny school directors last night renewed a five-year contract for trash and recycling collection with Republic Services/Allied Waste, operator of the Imperial Landfill that has drawn odor complaints from teachers in nearby Wilson Elementary School in Findlay.

Both as a mom and a pediatrician, Dr. Laura Voigt of Fox Chapel says neither cloth nor disposable diapers clearly trumps the other in the Great Diaper Debate: What kind should we use, and why? Disposable diapers and their reusable cloth counterparts each have advantages and disadvantages, says Voigt, who chose to use disposable diapers on her two ...