Amazon broke ground Wednesday on its 11th fulfillment center in Pennsylvania and its first in the Pittsburgh area. The new facility will be located on Westport Road in Findlay Township, not far from Pittsburgh International Airport. Members of the West Allegheny High School marching band’s drum line performed at the groundbreaking yesterday. The new fulfillment center will be open in time for the 2020 holiday shopping season. Amazon expects to create more than 800 new full-time jobs.

A new report asserts that climate change is a threat to Pennsylvania’s economy. Andrea Sears reports…

Supporters of President Donald Trump turned out in Pittsburgh for the Shale Insight Conference. The event was open to the public as the President spoke at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. President Trump spoke about energy jobs that he says will benefit the area. About two-thousand people showed up to hear the president speak. But not all people were supporting what President Trump was saying. Penn Avenue at Tenth Street was filled with Trump supporters and protesters. There were peaceful protests all day, though 14 people were arrested early Wednesday morning.

Repairs to Brush Creek Park Road in North Sewickley Township are now underway. While the county plans to repave the road in June, residents requested a “band-aid” to cover the worst of the potholes. Public Works crews shut down the entrance to the park yesterday to patch the worst of the potholes along the access road to Brush Creek Park. Potholes were covered with material that will temporarily fix the roads.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state senators are moving to transfer control of what had been the lieutenant governor’s residence at Fort Indiantown Gap to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The Senate voted Wednesday to send the House a bill that directs use of the property to support veterans’ programs and National Guard families. The current lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, rents an apartment in Harrisburg and opened the Fort Indiantown Gap home’s pool this summer for children to swim.

People with Lyme Disease and their loved ones are asking lawmakers to insist insurance companies provide long-term care for the affliction. Don Rooney has more…

Census 2020 was on everyone’s mind during yesterday’s Beaver County Commissioners’ work session at the courthouse. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 24TH, 2019

TODAY – PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. HIGH – 67.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 44.

FRIDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 61.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING LATER IN
THE DAY. HIGH – 58.

SUNDAY – RAIN ENDING IN THE MORNING. THEN
REMAINING CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
HIGH – 64.