Joe Napsha stories, Page 44

Earthmoving begins for 1-million-square-foot warehouse in New Stanton

The future occupant of a massive warehouse proposed in New Stanton remains a mystery. But extensive earthmoving in underway at the site of what’s expected to be a more than 1 million-square-foot warehouse that a North Carolina developer estimates will cost $120 million and create about 600 jobs. SunCap Property...
USW reaches tentative pact covering 200 Allegheny County court-related workers

The United Steelworkers union has reached a tentative agreement on a four-year deal with Allegheny County that will raise wages and improve working conditions for about 200 court-related professional workers, the union said Friday. The USW/Allegheny County Court-Related Professional Employees unit represents workers in the court records, district attorney, medical...
Norwin area: Christmas concert, bus trip planned

Christmas concert slated The Mon Yough Chorale will present a Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 18 at Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church, 1665 Lincoln Way, White Oak. Admission is free, but the chorale is accepting a goodwill offering. A cookie reception will follow the concert. Bus trip to Washington, D.C....
East Huntingdon landfill seeks OK for expansion plans

The state is seeking responses to an East Huntingdon landfill operator’s air quality plan for handling emissions from a proposed 82-acre disposal site. Approving the plan would extend the life of the 620-acre landfill outside Scottdale by 18 years. The state Department of Environmental Protection is taking comments until Dec....
Arnold Palmer airport gets extra $2 million in state funds

The state has given a $2 millon boost to the proposed project to double the size of the terminal at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority has been awarded an extra $2 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding, increasing the state’s commitment to...
Westmoreland prison puts out the call for 29 guards

The Westmoreland County Prison has put out a “help wanted” sign for guards — 29 in all. “We definitely have an urgent need for corrections officers,” Warden Bryan Kline said during a prison board meeting this week. Kline said the county has made “significant progress” in reducing the number of...
Johnstown girl charged as adult in Indiana kidnapping, killing

A Johnstown girl accused with seven others in the kidnapping and slaying of an Indiana County man in October has been charged as an adult with criminal homicide, state police said Tuesday. Harmony R. Hayward, 14, originally was charged as a juvenile in the Oct. 20 stabbing death of Hayden...
Westmoreland, Allegheny election results certified; precinct petitions still under review

With the exception of the vote counts from five of the county’s 307 precincts, the Westmoreland County Board of Elections on Monday gave its final certification to the Nov. 8 election results. Petitions filed challenging the results of the vote counts of the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races in five precincts...
State to hold hearing on Yukon landfill expansion

Environmental regulators on Thursday will review plans and take testimony on a Yukon industrial waste treatment firm’s bid for approval to build a 14-acre landfill that could hold 1 million tons of treated hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste. During a public meeting and hearing beginning at 6 p.m. on Dec....
Hunters prepped for opening of firearms deer season

Rachael Myers and Keri Roadman, both of Acme, joined thousands of other people on Black Friday to go shopping and take advantage of deals on merchandise. The difference between these 30-something sisters and other shoppers is they bypassed the mall and department stores and were at a gun shop in...
West Newton plans light-up night festivities

Downtown West Newton will be the site of the town’s holiday festivities from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday with its Miracle On Main Street and Light Up Night Festival featuring a parade, entertainment, food and more than 40 craft vendors. The parade along Main Street will begin at 5:15 p.m.,...
Norwin area: Historical society house tour; breakfast with Santa; Irwin junior council members

Norwin Historical Society holds holiday house tour For the first time since the pandemic, the Norwin Historical Society will be able to hold its Homes for the Holidays House Tour in person from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3. There will be a tour of six homes — new and...
Norwin High School girls to play flag football games for charity

A group of Norwin High School students have been practicing for two big football games Wednesday, but they won’t involve boys and they’re not for a WPIAL championship. Taking the field at the Norwin Knights Stadium will be about 150 girls in ninth through 12 grades, playing two flag football...
GetGo car wash site in Irwin recommended for approval

Giant Eagle Inc.’s plans to build a car wash at the site of a former motel along Route 30 in Irwin moved a step closer last week when North Huntingdon officials approved the site plans and Irwin Borough’s planning commission gave its green light for the project. Although the car...
Hempfield Area to resume book battles next week

After months of discussions, it’s back to the drawing board for the book policy committee in the Hempfield Area School District. The battle over what titles should be on the shelves of school libraries and what process could be used to deal with materials that are challenged because of graphic...
Victim in fatal Rostraver shooting identified

A Philadelphia area man has been identified by the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office as the man who was shot to death Nov. 5 at a Rostraver shopping complex. The victim, Boyke Budiarchman, 49, was shot to death outside the Lowe’s store at the Rostraver Square shopping center off the intersection...

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