WASHINGTON — Sales of new U.S. homes climbed in December to their highest pace in seven months, a sign that lower mortgage rates are helping the real estate market.
The ...
Challenges predicted for 2019 as growth slows
NEW YORK — The 2018 holiday season turned out to be a mixed bag for retailers, some of them defying a gloomy government repo...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump regularly declares that he’s winning his trade wars. Yet evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is a net loser so far.
In two sepa...
State grant awarded for development
New cell phone games intend to connect potential apprentices with manufacturing companies in places like Butler County.
Pennsylvania's...
WICHITA, Kan. — The nation’s farmers are struggling to pay back loans after years of low crop prices and export markets hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with a k...
The Butler County Conservation District is conducting its 2019 seedling sale.
Seedlings being sold include Eastern Hemlock, Eastern White Pine, White Spruce, Eastern Red...
As we transition from the chaotic activities of the holiday season to the quiet of winter days, many of us anticipate the arrival of garden and seed catalogs.
These cat...
Walmart endured more than a week’s worth of bad publicity before announcing publicly that it was making “every effort” to find a role for disabled workers who had been t...
Latest move in contract dispute
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines has raised the stakes in a showdown with its union of aircraft mechanics by filing a lawsuit over what it clai...
Employees fate, date uncertain
CABOT — Eni USA R&M Co., an Italy-based producer of auto, industrial and marine lubricants, is ceasing operations at its plant on Marwood R...
