PENNDOT HAS CLOSED THE EAST ROCHESTER-MONACA BRIDGE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WE HAVE AN UPDATE NOW ON THE POWER OUTAGES IN BEAVER COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WINDS IN THE AREA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO REPORTS THAT POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED IN ALIQUIPPA…

THE B-F JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN ALIQUIPPA HOSTED A PODCAST ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE…

THE NEW BRIGHTON WARMING CENTER IS AMONG SEVERAL WARMING CENTERS IN BEAVER COUNTY THAT ARE OPEN TODAY DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WE SPOKE WITH NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH MANAGER TOM ALBANESE ABOUT THE WARMING CENTER…

Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest effort to impose a fee on municipalities that rely solely on state troopers, instead of local police, is generating new conversations, if not an embrace. The Democrat is trying for a third time to impose a fee on a lengthening list of municipalities that are ditching their own police departments. The issue has long been a sore spot, but even more so lately as a growing portion of highway funds are getting diverted, possibly unconstitutionally, to the state police budget.

A MAJOR ARTERY IN ALIQUIPPA IS WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING, THE RESULT OF SOME HIGH WINDS THAT PERSIST INTO THEIR SECOND DAY. TOPPLED TREES AND FALLEN BRANCHES TOOK OUT POWER LINES ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE UPDATE…

Niki Campbell, a spokesperson for Duquesne Light said that there are currently 5,300 customers without power in Beaver County

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2019

TODAY – CLOUDY AND WINDY THIS MORNING. BECOMING
SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD
OCCASIONALLY GUST OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR.
HIGH – 32.

TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. LOW – 21.

TUESDAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY SOME
AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGH – 32.

Trump extends China tariff deadline, cites progress in talks

By PAUL WISEMAN AND CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on Chinese imports, citing “substantial progress” in weekend talks between the two countries.
Trump tweeted that there had been “productive talks” on some of the difficult issues dividing the U.S. and China, adding that “I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1.”
Trump said that if negotiations progress, he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Florida resort to finalize an agreement.
U.S. and Chinese negotiators met through the weekend as they seek to resolve a trade war that’s rattled financial markets.
Trump had warned he would escalate the tariffs he has imposed on $200 billion in Chinese imports, from 10 to 25 percent, if the two sides failed to reach a deal. The increase was scheduled to take effect at 12:01 a.m. EST on March 2.
The reprieve is likely to be greeted with relief by financial markets.
The world’s two biggest economies have been locked in a conflict over U.S. allegations that China steals technology and forces foreign companies to hand over trade secrets in an aggressive push to challenge American technological dominance.
The two counties have slapped import taxes on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other’s goods. The conflict has unnerved investors and clouded the outlook for the global economy, putting pressure on Trump and Xi to reach a deal.
“Trump clearly wants a deal and so do the Chinese, which certainly raises the probability that the two sides will come to some sort of negotiated agreement, even if it is a partial one, in the coming weeks,” said Cornell University economist Eswar Prasad, former head of the International Monetary Fund’s China division.
On Twitter, Trump said the two sides had made headway on issues including protection of trade secrets, forced technology transfer and U.S. agricultural sales to China. But the administration did not immediately provide details.
Business groups and lawmakers in Congress want to see a comprehensive deal that forces the Chinese to change their behavior and that can be enforced. The U.S. has accused China of failing to meet past commitments to reform its economic policies.
“Encouraging news from @POTUS that progress is being made in a trade deal with China. Hopefully this leads to an agreement that stops China’s theft of US intellectual property and avoids a full blown trade war,” tweeted Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
But critics worry that the president has given up leverage. “They now have lost the advantage of a deadline,” said Philip Levy, a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a White House economist under President George W. Bush, adding that “I see the odds tilting” in China’s favor.