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Allegheny Health Network’s Allegheny General Hospital has completed a $19 million renovation and expansion of its cardiac catheterization (cath) and electrophysiology (EP...
June 18, 2026 Business
Butler County commissioners approved an application Wednesday, June 17, for nearly $61 million in federal funds to complete the fifth, final and most expensive segment of...
June 18, 2026 Local News
Commissioners appoint attorney to complete five-year term of late board member
June 17, 2026 Local News
Butler County residents will be facing the fourth significant storm system in the past 12 days Wednesday night into Thursday. According to the National Weather Service of...
June 17, 2026 Local News
The VA Butler Healthcare Center will host a weeklong celebration from June 29 to July 2 to celebrate America’s 250th and the Veterans’ Health Administration’s 80th birthd...
June 17, 2026 Local News
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Business News
Independence Health System’s Butler Memorial Hospital is expanding treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation by offering a new type of cardiac treatment. Electrophy...
June 18, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year...
June 17, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Shoppers stepped up their spending in May and surpassed expectations as temperatures warmed and gasoline prices leveled off. Retail sales rose 0.9%, up from...
June 17, 2026 Business
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State News
Action on ruling delayed for 120 days
June 16, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is taking no chances with New World screwworm and has issued an official quarantine order to prevent an infestation of the pest...
June 15, 2026 Local News
Last month, the world’s attention was gripped by an outbreak of the contagious “Andes strain” of hantavirus aboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship. According to the most rec...
June 10, 2026 Pennsylvania News
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National News
The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with heavy rain on Thursday, sparking flash flood and tornado warnings along the Gu...
June 18, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Cameron Hamilton, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, pledged to senators Wednesday to be “fair and reasonable”...
June 17, 2026 National News
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the Texas coast on Wednesday as the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic basin , threatening a wide ...
June 17, 2026 National News
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International News
Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights at...
June 18, 2026 International News
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open...
June 17, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The interim deal between the United States and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address the most divisive issue between the longti...
June 17, 2026 International News
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