The Trails at Jakes Rocks have made it to the big time. The mountain bike trail system was recently ranked at the top of VisitPA’s list of ‘Heart-Pumping Mountain Bike Trails.’ VisitPA is the official tourism website of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic ...

A residential tax abatement initiative has one final hurdle to clear after the county commissioners approved the ordinance on Wednesday. Commissioner Jeff Eggleston noted the ordinance has been up for public review on the county website for a couple months. “All of the townships and ...

A local business owner spoke to Warren City Council on Monday to praise the work of city staff as he rebuilt his business but also to contribute to damaged city equipment. “The fire we had, the rebuild we had. We couldn’t have done it without the cooperation we got from the city,” ...

Tucked into the 2017 tax cuts were a few pages establishing a program aimed at providing a shot in the arm for communities that had yet to rebound from the 2008 recession. The program created a tax incentive to encourage development in over 8,700 Census tracts, 300 of which are located in ...

Did an increase in New York’s minimum wage hurt businesses in New York state located near the border with Pennsylvania? The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says the minimum wage did not hurt job creation in New York. The Empire Center for New York State Policy says it did. What is ...

Encore! Sally Sokolski believed in the arts. She believed in the Struthers Library Theatre. She invested her time and money into the place. She is part of the history of the theater. Now, her name is part of the theater. The new cafe in the building’s southeast corner had gone more ...