‘Huge news’: National Labor Relations Board is ‘seeking injunction’ that could end Pittsburgh news workers strike
Exactly 19 months and 1½ hours into their unfair labor practices strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a small and tired but still-hanging-in-there group of unionized newsroom workers gathered Thursday afternoon, in person and on Zoom, for a hastily called meeting to hear what had been described in urgent messages as a “strike announcement.” Zack Tanner,…
Pittsburgh Regional Transit proposes small budget increase, warns of future problems
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s finances remain stable, but as the agency prepares its new budget for approval in June it is pointing to looming financial problems three years down the road. Chief Financial Officer Donminika Brown presented the agency’s preliminary operating and capital budgets to the board’s finance committee on Thursday. The operating budget, which likely…
Time to celebrate and work a little, too, as Earth Day draws near
Monday marks the 54th Earth Day observance, and the Western Pennsylvania region has many different activities, educational opportunities and, of course, volunteer projects. Here are a few that have come to the Pittsburgh Union Progress’ attention, starting this weekend through Monday and the rest of April. The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium will have a Wild…
Pennsylvania Resources Council launches 2024 hard-to-recycle collections at Butler County event
Pennsylvania Resources Council will launch its 2024 Hard-to-Recycle Collection campaign by hosting an event in Karns City, Butler County, on Saturday, April 20. Throughout the spring, summer and fall, five hard-to-recycle collections will enable individuals to responsibly recycle a wide variety of items not accepted in curbside collections, such as e-waste, tires and small Freon…
Millvale Pickoff Saturday marks start of fourth Litter League competition
Greg Manley has intel on the Northside 412 Redder Uppers as this year’s Friends of the Riverfront and Allegheny CleanWays Litter League teams get ready for the Opening Pickoff competition this Saturday in Millvale. He lives on the North Side and knows that last year’s overall champions have been staging litter in anticipation of the…
No second eaglet at U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant nest
The hope of a second eaglet hatching in the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant bald eagles nest has been dashed. Through the chat on the U.S. Steel PixCams the faithful have been keeping watch, counting down the days and hoping to spot the pip — the internal cracks the eaglet makes to breathe…
In time for Poetry Month, it’s the return of yawp
Launched in 1999 and running into the first decade of 2000s, there was a local poetry/literature/art magazine called yawp that published a lot of Pittsburghers. Sean D. Enright fondly thought of it when he opened his Poetry Lounge in Millvale, and he decided to bring back an issue of the ’zine to promote the place…
PUP softball notebook: Armstrong’s big bats back to bringing the lumber for red-hot River Hawks
An 11-3 loss to Penn-Trafford on April 5, sandwiched between a pair of 6-1 victories against Deer Lakes and Latrobe, left many WPIAL softball fans wondering the same thing. What happened to those high-powered Armstrong River Hawks? Sure, those are three top-notch opponents with quality pitching, but fans are used to seeing Armstrong light up…
‘Frames like that don’t exist in baseball’: At 7 feet, 250 pounds, Knoch sophomore pitcher Zane Pacek might be the biggest baseball player in WPIAL history … and ‘Big Country’ has talent, too
When Corey Pacek used to attend his second-oldest son’s baseball and basketball games, there was one item he made sure to have on him at all times. “It was funny because we always had to carry his birth certificate everywhere,” Pacek said. “Because people would say, ‘Why is that coach wearing a uniform?’ Can you…
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Coming off sensational sophomore season, Trinity’s Hanna Suhoski doing it all for defending WPIAL champs
It won’t be easy for Trinity’s Hanna Suhoski to outdo the sensational sophomore campaign she put together while helping the Hillers capture their first WPIAL title in program history, but she’s certainly going to try. A sweet-swinging shortstop with light tower power, Suhoski stood out on a star-studded ballclub in 2023, when she led the…
Can’t get there from here: Traffic disruptions galore set this week
’Tis the season for road construction projects, and if Mother Nature cooperates there will be several disruptive improvements this week. Here’s an overview of changes motorists can expect: Smithfield Street Bridge The bridge across the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh’s South Side and Downtown will be completely closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through…
Second ‘bathtub’ grant won’t fix Parkway East flooding before 2026
For the second time in a week, the overflowing Monongahela River has closed the area of the Parkway East in Downtown Pittsburgh known as “the bathtub.” To address the situation, which occurs when water rises high enough to flood the Monongahela Wharf and overwhelms the flood wall, the federal Department of Transportation has awarded two…
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