Stephen Huba stories, Page 17

The state Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $1 million in grants for nine clean energy vehicle projects in southwestern Pennsylvania, DEP said. The funding, which comes from the state’s Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants program, supports the replacement of older shuttles, school buses, waste-hauling trucks and other vehicles...

The Pittsburgh-based National Institute for Newman Studies will hold a fall conference around the time Cardinal John Henry Newman is expected to be canonized by the Catholic Church. The Oakland institute, repository of the extensive Newman library left by the Rev. Vincent J. Giese upon his death in 2000, issued...

Ligonier native and renowned sculptor Chas Fagan will unveil a new commission on George Washington at Fort Ligonier on Friday. The unveiling of the painting “Flash Point,” about Washington’s “friendly fire incident” during the French and Indian War, will be held at the Fort Ligonier Association’s Annual Meeting at 5:30...

a cash prize giveaway, food trucks and “photo opps” in front of a bronze statue of a horse blanketed in red roses. “By supporting BVA Derby Day, people are helping provide a well-rounded education for our young people,” Svrcek said. “They also are assuring that our community continues to thrive...

Once the news of Brady Hunker and Mollie Landman’s engagement broke, it didn’t take long for the young couple to exceed their wedding fundraising goal on GoFundMe. As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, the amount raised was $17,673. The goal was $15,000. Offers of assistance with the wedding also are coming...

The way Brady Hunker figures it, he doesn’t have any time to lose. On Thursday, he asked his high school sweetheart, Mollie Landman, 18, of West Newton to marry him. She said — yes. Although they’re as happy as any newly engaged couple could be, they face an uncertain future....

Pennsylvania school and public libraries will have access to vast new digital resources through Gale, an aggregator of digital newspapers, magazines, journals and other resources. The Office of Commonwealth Libraries announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Gale to provide more than 2,600 public, school and intermediate unit libraries...

A Harrison City doctor accused of illegally distributing the anti-opioid drug Suboxone will not stand trial in federal court Tuesday, sources said. Dr. Felix Brizuela Jr., 58, was scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in Wheeling, W.Va., with co-defendant Dr. George Naum III on a charge of...

The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee will hold a special hearing Tuesday in Pittsburgh on “Controlling Methane Emissions.” The hearing, scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon at the Teamsters Temple, 4701 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, will explore how Gov. Tom Wolf’s targets on carbon pollution can be met. Wolf pledged in...

Business and Professional Women of Pennsylvania, an advocacy group for women in business statewide, will celebrate its centennial June 6-9 in Washington County. The group, founded in 1919, will hold its annual convention at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh-Meadow Lands, 340 Racetrack Road, North Strabane Township. The theme, “Celebrating 100...

Considering his family history, it’s not all that surprising that Kyle Lundquist would become a Mormon missionary. You might even say it’s in his DNA. Lundquist, 20, of Ligonier, recently completed a two-year stint serving in the California Carlsbad Mission, located just north of San Diego. While there, the Ligonier...

The inquiry into why people are religious is an old one, but a more contemporary take on that theme revolves around the question: Does religion make us happy? The short answer is yes, according to the Pew Research Center. Whether it’s someone attending a Passover Seder, an Easter Sunday service...

The mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Catherine Violet Hubbard will speak in Greensburg on April 27. Jennifer Hubbard will speak at the 9 a.m. annual breakfast of the Greensburg chapter of Magnificat — A Ministry to Catholic Women. Hubbard’s 6-year-old daughter was among the 20 first-graders who...

The new Western Area Headquarters for Dominion Energy Transmission Inc. has achieved the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, rating, the natural gas company said. The silver-level certification rating means the Salem Township building meets environmentally stringent requirements developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED measures energy...

The annual Hunger Advocacy Workshop will be held May 4 in the John Knox Room of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in East Liberty. The workshop, titled “Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow,” will offer advocacy training on hunger-related issues at local and international levels. The event, set from 9 a.m. to noon,...

Pleasant Lane Farms is starting to see a way out of the dairy dilemma. On Wednesday, the Unity farm welcomed Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding to announce plans for a cheesemaking facility to supplement milk production. “With (milk) prices being the way they are, making the cheese is the only...

For a problem as big as climate change, it’s the local things that matter. That was the consensus from a panel discussion on “Climate Change and Its Effect on Western Pennsylvania” held Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg. The panelists, participating in the 14th annual Dr. Bernard Cobetto Lecture Series...

A Washington County farm is among 31 across Pennsylvania that were recently secured by the state solely for agricultural use, the state Department of Agriculture said. Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Land Preservation Board voted at its April meeting to safeguard 3,134 acres on 31 farms in 17 counties through the state’s farmland...

The United States consumed more energy in 2018 than ever before, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday. Primary energy consumption in the U.S. reached a record high of 101.3 quadrillion British thermal units in 2018, up 4% from 2017 and 0.3% above the previous record set in 2007....

An early encounter with chiropractic medicine is what planted the seed that would become a lifelong career for Dr. Ralph Geary. As a boy, he had a medical problem doctors said could not be corrected — until he was taken to a chiropractor, said Betty Jean Geary, his wife of...

Can’t file your income tax return by Monday’s deadline? Applying for an extension is not that hard. But bear in mind, that the extension is for the time needed to file a return, not to delay the paying of any tax that is owed. Paying the tax without the requisite...

Every year, Pennsylvania stocks its public waterways with millions of trout in the hopes that humans will follow. Judging from the numbers who turn out religiously for the opening day of trout season, the strategy is working. On Saturday, opening day for the 2019 season, anglers were back — stalking...

Michael Franzese traded the feared title “capo­regime” of New York City’s Colombo crime family for motivational speaker, husband, father and — importantly — follower of Christ. “God had a different plan and purpose for me,” Franzese told the Tribune-Review. “To say that I’m blessed is kind of an understatement.” Blessing...