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WASHINGTON — The nation’s economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6% annual pace in the face of high interest rates, but consumers — the main driver of economic growth...
April 26, 2024 Business
Residents criticize how decision was made
Residents criticize how decision was made
April 25, 2024 Business
The Butler Makers Market & Events Center will be celebrating the grand opening of its new location at 101 Clearview Circle, Space 325, in Butler from June 9-15. The cente...
April 25, 2024 Business
Consolidated Communications employees volunteered more than 8,700 hours in 2023, supporting nearly 200 organizations across the company’s 20-plus state service area, the ...
April 25, 2024 Business
ADAMS TWP — Residents no longer have to look over their shoulders for loose cattle prowling their yards. At a supervisors meeting on Monday evening, April 22, board chair...
April 24, 2024 Government
FRANKLIN TWP — Losing a friend and colleague is tough enough, but stepping into the job of that friend after their passing is something Erin Bryer never saw coming. Bryer...
April 24, 2024 Business
Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern reported a precipitous decline in first quarter profit, tallying hundreds of million of dollars of expenses in the fallout of its fiery der...
April 24, 2024 National News
The former Vero’s Bar, located at 411 E. Locust St. in Butler is being torn down as part of a construction project. Vero’s was owned and operated by the Vero family start...
April 24, 2024 Business
Kelly Auto Group has purchased Major Hyundai in Stroudsburg, which is now known as Kelly Hyundai of Stroudsburg, the auto dealership announced in a news release Tuesday, ...
April 24, 2024 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule ...
April 23, 2024 National News
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a compa...
April 23, 2024 Business
Wealth management company Clarity Wealth announced it has opened its new office at 800 Cranberry Woods Drive, Suite 140, in Cranberry Township. The company hosted a ribbo...
April 23, 2024 Business
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the first rule to set minimum staffing levels at federally funded nursing homes and require that a certain porti...
April 23, 2024 Business
CLEVELAND — Cleveland-Cliffs on Monday reported a loss of $67 million in its first quarter. The company operates the Butler Works plant in Butler Township On a per-shar...
April 23, 2024 Business
ADAMS TWP — At their meeting on Monday, April 22, supervisors voted to table their decision on approving the development plans for Mandera, a planned residential developm...
April 23, 2024 Business
LAS VEGAS — A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with t...
April 23, 2024 Business
DALLAS — The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South,...
April 22, 2024 Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Saturday put legislation forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership stake on a fast track to become law, tying ...
April 22, 2024 National News
Pennsylvania Farm Link is offering free land-linking database memberships until April 30 through its database sponsor Horizon Farm Credit. The membership includes a prof...
April 20, 2024 Agriculture
Popcorn lovers can now see their favorite treat made right before their eyes when they visit Popkins Magical Popcorn, 550 Main St. in Harmony, which opened on Saturday, A...
April 20, 2024 Business
Slippery Rock University announced it will be restructuring and unifying its community engagement efforts through a revisioning process of three groups — the Office for C...
April 20, 2024 Education
MAC.BID, also known as M@C Discount's, announced it is set to open its Yinz Binz location, 210 Greater Butler Mart in Butler on Monday, April 22. The Yinz Binz location w...
April 20, 2024 Business
OMAHA, Neb. — The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row, citing global ...
April 19, 2024 Business
WASHINGTON — A Bangkok -based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 “egregious” violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury ann...
April 19, 2024 Business
HONG KONG — Apple said it had removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese author...
April 19, 2024 Business
BUTLER TWP — Automation and artificial intelligence isn’t the death of manufacturing, but instead the start of new beginnings, according to local manufacturers. High scho...
April 19, 2024 Business
The Tri-County Health Care Industry Partnership announced it is giving out up to 10 $1,000 awards to health care workers currently enrolled in BSN, RN and LPN programs. A...
April 19, 2024 Business
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority announced on Thursday, April 18 that Armstrong Telecommunications has received about $12.47 million in Broadband Infrastr...
April 18, 2024 News
Sheetz Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz, which operates more than 700 st...
April 18, 2024 Pennsylvania News
Mars Mineral, a global provider of pelletizing technology and agglomeration solutions, announced it has shipped a Model 26D100L stainless steel pin mixer to a company bas...
April 18, 2024 Business
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