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Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misstated the name of Fay-Penn's executive director. His name is Jerrod Murtha. A new state designation will give businesses more incentive to locate or expand in Fayette County. The county was recently named a Keystone Enterprise Zone through ...

Finding solitude in nature

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Johnathan Santo has an easy smile, a measured cadence to his speech, and does not, upon first impression, ...

EditorëƵs note: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in ...

Cultivating a love of plants

At the Flenniken Library in Carmichaels, Executive Director Nicole Mitchell will hear parents at the libraryëƵs Toddler Time activities say they need to stop at the store for tomatoes. The response she gets to say: "No, you don't. Just walk outside and grab them.ëƵ The library has a ...

Cherishing the role of caretaker

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. When Robert LowryëƵs Chihuahua died from a seizure after 16 years, he swore heëƵd never get another dog. ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Readers of a certain demographic will understand how Paige RichettiëƵs Barcelona adventure was, in a way, ...