Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing gas line replacement work on Route 68 in Rochester Township.

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PennDOT is announcing lane restrictions on Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Sewickley, Glen Osborne Haysville and Glenfield borough will continue through Sunday night September 12 weather permitting.

Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of Route 65 between the Neville Island Bridge and Walnut Street in Sewickley Borough continuously through 7 p.m. Sunday night. Crews will perform milling and paving operations.

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing southbound lane restrictions on Stoops Ferry Road/University Boulevard (Route 51) in Moon Township, Allegheny County will occur Friday night through Sunday morning, September 10-12 weather permitting.

PennDOT is announcing intermittent single-lane closures on Grand Avenue in Neville Township, will occur Monday through Friday, September 13-17 weather permitting.

Intermittent single-lane closures will occur beneath the Neville Island Bridge on Grand Avenue in each direction between Hubert Street and Pershing Road daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as crews conduct concrete repairs.

The $43 million I-79 Neville Island Bridge Rehabilitation Project includes structural steel repairs, full structure painting, bearing and deck joint replacements, deck repairs and overlays, bridge barrier repair, substructure concrete work and drainage improvements. The project also includes concrete roadway reconstruction, guide rail replacement and preservation work on four sign structures. Additionally, preservation work will occur on the I-79 bridge over Deer Run Road, north of the Neville Island Bridge. Motorists will see ramp closures and single-lane and shoulder closures in each direction on I-79 during daylight off-peak and overnight hours. Other traffic impacts include four northbound weekend closures in 2021 and four southbound weekend closures in 2022. The overall project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2023.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A prominent Pennsylvania state senator is recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle wreck that happened more than a week ago. The office of Republican Sen. Pat Browne said Thursday he was in Colorado and on his way to participate in a train photography event when the crash occurred on Aug. 31. He was wearing a helmet. His injuries include a fractured neck, broken orbital bone and a concussion. He required surgery and is in stable condition. Browne is chairman of the Appropriations Committee and represents Lehigh County in the Senate.

Republicans start election ‘investigation’ in Pennsylvania
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in Pennsylvania’s state Senate held their first hearing in what they call a “forensic investigation” into last year’s presidential election, with Democrats calling it an extension of a national campaign to attack voting rights following former President Donald Trump’s loss. It initially had been ardently pressed by senators vowing to bring an Arizona-style election “audit” to Pennsylvania. Republicans say the hearings are about improving the election system going forward, not about Trump or overturning the election. The subject of the hearing was to discuss pre-election guidance to counties by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on how to handle aspects of the state’s fledgling mail-in voting law.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) It’s unclear this morning why Beaver Falls Police are investigating an early morning incident in the City.
Around 12:30 AM this morning investigators were called to the Third Base Lounge along 11th Avenue.

A car was towed from the area and reports said that officers were going in and out of the business and searching nearby properties.

Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano is working to get an update on this story as soon as possible

Keystone State News Connection

September 10, 2021

Emily Scott

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is now the second state in the country to launch a program focused on training state and local leaders on tackling the challenges of climate change.

The Pennsylvania Climate Leadership Academy, run by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), wrapped up the first portion of the program this week. About 170 people from nonprofits, state agencies, local governments and universities participated in the online courses that discussed the impacts of climate change on communities and policy-driven solutions to mitigate its effects.

Heidi Kunsch, environmental group manager for the Energy Programs Office at the DEP, said civic engagement is key to addressing environmental concerns.

“It’s not about doom and gloom,” Kunsch explained. “It’s about taking action and all hands on deck. All of us, down to the homeowner, making changes in our own homes with the way we use energy and with the way we commute. It starts with each of us. Every one of us has a role to play.”

Maryland was the first state in the U.S. to launch a Climate Leadership Academy. The next part of the training, called the Certified Climate Change Professional Program, starts in October and will offer courses on topics including climate science, greenhouse-gas accounting and vulnerability assessments.

Kate Semmens, science director at the Nurture Nature Center in Easton, which helps that community learn about environmental risks, is a participant in the Climate Leadership Academy. She helped develop a vulnerability assessment and Climate Action Plan for Easton, which is at the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers and at risk of flooding.

Semmens said the academy is important for municipality leaders because climate-change risks will have a direct impact on residents.

“A lot of the actions that these decision-makers can take related to climate change have co-benefits,” Semmens contended. “They’re gonna help with air and water quality. They’re gonna help with human health. Having that understanding that you can make these changes that are going to have multiple beneficial impacts is really important going forward.”

Pennsylvania’s average temperature has risen nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. According to DEP data, the temperature will rise another 5.9 degrees by 2050 unless greenhouse-gas emissions are cut.