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PennDOT temporarily prohibits truck travel on Route 6

December 26, 2025

Due to the severity of Friday's winter storm, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is temporarily prohibiting trucks heavier than 1...

Home News Roadless Rule repeal won’t affect Allegheny National Forest, Forest Service says

A view of the Allegheny River and the Allegheny National Forest seen in September from Rimrock Overlook, a popular destination for tourists.

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Local News

January 2, 2026

Roadless Rule repeal won’t affect Allegheny National Forest, Forest Service says

By ABIGAIL HAKAS Pittsburgh Media Partnership

(Editor's note: This is part three of a three-part series, all of which can be read online at bradfo...

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Social Security Matters: Can wife get spouse benefit while I’m still alive?

By RUSSELL GLOOR

January 2, 2026

DEAR RUSTY: A friend of my wife told her, and she believes, she could receive a Social Security benefit based on my SS benefit that I’m currently rece...

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New drug giving patients, doctors hope regarding pancreatic cancer

By KAYLA YUP The Philadelphia Inquirer

January 2, 2026

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to sta...

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New year, old challenges as AI faces uncertain path to power

By LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square

January 2, 2026

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s electrical grid is at a critical crossroads, buckling under the pressure of rising demand with not enough supply or time t...

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Pennsylvania’s power plan battles rage on in 2026

January 2, 2026

HARRISBURG – Officials in Pennsylvania spent much of 2025 grappling with ways to modernize the state’s energy mix while preparing for a surge of new d...

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Business, Nation & World

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker

As sales fall for second year in a row

By PAUL HARLOFF and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press

January 2, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing poli...

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