Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing bridge washing activities on I-376 (Beaver Valley Expressway) in Brighton Township, Beaver County will occur Monday and Tuesday, August 14-15, weather permitting.

Bridge washing operations requiring a single lane closure on I-376 will occur from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday between the Chippewa exit (Exit 31) and the Brighton exit (Exit 36).

Motorists should allow extra time if using the bridge.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

AMBRIDGE, Aug. 11 – A busy East Rochester Borough intersection will be safer thanks to new funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, state Rep. Rob Matzie announced today.

Matzie, D-Beaver, said the funding will be used to upgrade signal equipment at Ohio River Boulevard (Route 65) and East Rochester Monaca Bridge in East Rochester Borough.

“Intersection collisions account for a high number of traffic deaths and injuries,” Matzie said. “We can’t control some factors, like driver inattention, but we can do everything possible to make sure highly traveled areas are equipped with the latest safety devices. Securing this funding gets motorists, pedestrians and cyclists those added protections.”

The funding is part of a statewide grant package awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Green Light-Go program.

Green Light-Go grants are provided as reimbursement to municipalities for updates to improve the efficiency and operation of existing traffic signals. The projects will be funded through the appropriation for fiscal year 2023-24. The funding may be used for a range of improvements including, but not limited to, light-emitting diode technology installation, traffic signal retiming, developing special event plans, monitoring traffic signals and upgrading traffic signals to the latest technologies.

Under blue  sunny skies the Montgomery Dam in Potter Township’s groundbreaking took place last Friday morning.
Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published August 14, 2023 7:00 A.M.

(Industry, PA) In an effort to modernize  inland navigation Colonel Nicholas Meline, who is commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, spoke at last Friday’s groundbreaking. He said the Montgomery Dam is the Ohio River’s oldest and smallest navigation facilities. A concrete hatch plant will be built on site. 400,000 tons of cement will be produced that will weigh 1.6 billion tons. New lock chambers will also be built, Colonel Meline said.

In this week’s episode of Highmark Heroes, Jim Roddey discusses vaccines with Allegheny Health Network’s Dr. Mark Itskowitz, and then Jim will talk with Navy veteran and Navy communications specialist Don Nemchick about current issues with the military action throughout the world.

“Heroes” is presented by Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the Allegheny Health Network, airing Saturdays at 10:00 AM and Sundays at 12:30 PM on Beaver County Radio. Archived editions of “Heroes” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

Pastor Dave Grove breaks down the blessings of temporal joys of this earth compared to the eternal joys employed by God in this week’s edition of “Wake Up Beaver Valley”.

“Wake Up Beaver Valley” airs every Saturday morning from 9 AM to 10 AM on Beaver County Radio and is presented by the Church of The Redeemed of Beaver Valley. Archived editions of “Wake Up Beaver Valley” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

On this week’s edition of “Living Well”, hosts Jeff Bost and Dr. Joseph Maroon explore the truths about dopamine, and whether or not dopamine can be addicting to humans.

Dr. Joseph Maroon is a world renown neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. Dr. Maroon is also the Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor.

Jeff Bost is a consultant to the St. Barnabas Health System. Bost is also a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a consultant to the WWE, and Clinical Assistant Professor at Chatham University. He has a special interest in minimally invasive spine and brain surgery and have collaborated on scores of scientific medical papers and books in these areas. Over the last 15 years he has researched, lectured and written on the use of alternative treatment for pain control.

Bost, along with Dr. Joseph Maroon have authored two books on the use of omega-3 fish oil, including: Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-Inflammatory, currently in its forth printing with over 75,000 copies sold and recently, Why You Need Fish Oil. He has given over 100 invited lectures, 24 national posters and oral presentations, 29 coordinated research projects, five workshops presentations, 35 scientific articles and 10 book chapters.

You can rune into “Living Well” every Saturday morning at 8:30 on 95.7 and 99.3 FM, 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and beavercountyradio.com.

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CARNEGIE, PA — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced a report from the Congressional Regional Leadership Council showing how the policies within the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) benefit the people of Pennsylvania’s 17^th Congressional District.

In this community, approximately 23,000 people enrolled in ACA marketplace health insurance in 2023, and the average enrollee will save $1,540 in premiums this year thanks to the IRA. Without the provisions in the IRA, the report states that the average premium would have increased 66%, from $2,320 to $3,870.

“No one should have to choose between filling a prescription or seeing a doctor and paying their bills. Everybody should have healthcare, period,” said Rep. Deluzio. “I am thrilled that laws like the Inflation Reduction Act are making it cheaper to get health insurance. I will keep fighting for policies that help my Western Pennsylvania constituents get the care they need, so that no one ever has to face a choice between their health or financial ruin.”

Individual families in the district can realize significantly larger savings. For example, here are the savings three representative families buying a benchmark silver plan would receive:

• A 60-year-old couple with a household income of $80,000 could obtain coverage this year for $5,640. Without the IRA’s extension of the ARP’s enhanced subsidies, the couple would have had to pay $17,482 in premiums, which would be a 210% increase in premiums. In dollar terms, this couple is projected to save $11,842 in premiums for health insurance coverage.
• A family with a 35-year-old single parent with one child and a household income of $30,000 could obtain coverage this year for $168. Without the IRA’s extension of the ARP’s enhanced subsidies, the family would have had to pay $1,440 in premiums, which would be an increase of 757%. In dollar terms, this family is projected to save $1,272 in premiums for health insurance coverage.
• A family with two 40-year-old adults, two children, and a household income of $75,000 could obtain coverage this year for $3,612. Without the IRA’s extension of the ARP’s enhanced subsidies, the family would have had to pay $6,708 in premiums, which would be an increase of 86%. In dollar terms, this family is projected to save $3,096 in premiums for health insurance coverage.

The full report is available here.