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Amtrak Pulls the Pittsburgh to DC Trains for Nine Days in October
Amtrak will run no trains between Pittsburgh and Washington from October 16 to 26, right in the middle of peak foliage season on the GAP.
A New Federal Tax Break for Disaster Victims, and Why Confluence Cannot Use It Yet
A new law lets disaster victims deduct casualty losses without itemizing. Somerset County still lacks the federal declaration that would unlock it.
Pennsylvania Is Looking for a Few Good Trail People, and Confluence Knows a Few
DCNR is taking applications this fall for its 20-member Trails Advisory Committee. Here's what the job involves and why someone from the GAP corridor ought to apply.
Confluence Volunteer Fire Company Holds Chicken BBQ Benefit for Ron Hostetler’s Family Saturday
The Confluence Volunteer Fire Company holds a Chicken BBQ Benefit Saturday at the Outflow Soft Freeze, with proceeds going to help Ron Hostetler's family with funeral expenses.
A $13 Billion Power Plant Is Coming to Fayette County
NextEra's $13 billion East Riverside Energy Center would rise on old coal ground along the Monongahela in Fayette County, with an estimated 30 million gallons a day drawn from the river. Here's what's confirmed, what isn't, and how to weigh in.
Confluence Tragically Loses One of Its Own: Ron Hostetler
Ron Hostetler, a longtime Confluence Volunteer Fire Department member and the heart of Pumpkinfest each year, was killed this week in a hit-and-run crash.
Confluence man, 18, held on 58 counts in state police case
Laiden Scott Clevenger, 18, of Confluence, was arraigned August 27 on 58 counts following a state police investigation. Bail was set at $25,000 and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 9.
Hank Parke, Who Brought the Trail to Somerset County, Dies
Henry “Hank” Black Parke, who founded the Somerset County trails association in 1987 and spent two decades building the 41 miles of the Great Allegheny Passage that cross the county, died August 27 at 75.