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Why Your Grocery Bill Keeps Climbing, and What It Means.
Groceries cost about 33 percent more than in 2019, the biggest jump in 50 years. Here is what the numbers mean for mountain families and farmers.
Confluence Throws America a 250th Birthday Party Saturday
Confluence celebrates America's 250th on July 25 with an all-day town square party: market, contests, food, live music, a giant puppet parade and fireworks.
Larry’s Newspaper Bag, and the Boy Who Carried It
A framed Post-Gazette delivery bag from Larry Walsh's boyhood, found by Mary Aukerman and gifted by Kris Mamula, will find a home at Tissue Farm.
Wildfire Smoke and a Lettuce Recall: Quite a Week:
Canadian wildfire smoke settled over the Laurel Highlands last week, and a national iceberg lettuce recall over a cyclospora outbreak is one more thing to watch.
New PA Law Lets Seniors Name a Trusted Person to Catch a Missed Property Tax Bill
Act 27 of 2026 lets older and incapacitated Pennsylvanians name someone to get notice if property taxes fall behind, a safeguard against losing a home.
New State Budget Brings Free School Breakfast and More for Mountain Districts
Pennsylvania's new $50.8 billion budget adds free school breakfast statewide and more funding for rural districts. Here is what it means on the mountain.
Stop already! Berlin drugstore files lawsuit to stop junk faxes
Berlin Pharmacy has had it up to here with junk faxes. Jonico Inc., which does business as Somerset County’s Berlin Pharmacy, filed a one-count civil lawsuit July 9 in the…
Trailhead’s New T-Bird Lager Honors Tom Close Jr.
Trailhead Brewing's new T-Bird Lager, named for Tom Close Jr., debuted in Rockwood and Confluence, with a share of sales going to the fire departments.
Iran war pressures home heating oil prices
On my kitchen wall is a picture looking down a snowy Sterner Street sidewalk at a path cut by my antique snowblower, a reminder of last winter’s bitter cold. The…
Got a Great Trail Shot? The 2026 GAP Photo Contest Wants It
The 2026 GAP Photo Contest is open now to all ages and skill levels. Submit your best shots of the trail and its towns for prizes and a feature by the GAP Conservancy.