Jack Troy

An artificial mountain lies off a gravel road in Conemaugh Township, a rural community on the western edge of Indiana County. Ask a miner what the mass is made of, and they might say “boney” or “gob,” but its government name is a coal refuse disposal area. The nearby Marion

Gary Tranelli walked away from a minor stroke in late 2024 physically unscathed but mentally rattled. If he didn’t get his blood pressure under control, his chances of another stroke were high, and the next one might not be as forgiving. His systolic blood pressure — the first number that

UPMC finances held strong while Highmark started to bounce back from a tough 2025, according to first-quarter earnings released this week by the Pittsburgh-based health insurers and hospital networks. The organizations’ overall results were remarkably similar. UPMC made an operating profit of $261 million on $8.4 billion in revenue, and

A report released Thursday by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department shows setting a minimum payment to pharmacies for dispensing drugs would help stabilize small drugstores without substantially raising medication prices. Pharmacies are primarily paid for their work by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, which are hired by insurers to oversee prescription

Duolingo is moving out of its headquarters, a corner office building in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood where the online language learning platform matured into a publicly traded company worth billions of dollars. Hanna Commercial Real Estate is advertising the roughly 77,000-square-foot property as available for sale or lease. The three-story

Stefani Pashman, CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, is stepping down by the end of 2026 after more than eight years in the role. The economic development group, which deals with public and private sector leaders across Southwestern Pennsylvania, announced Pashman’s move Wednesday. Pashman is the first woman

Seconds before a five-car crash killed two people Wednesday afternoon near the Fort Duquesne Bridge, a McKees Rocks man was stunned by how fast a black SUV zipped and weaved through the traffic around him on Route 65. “He was flying as soon as he merged onto the highway,” Nicholas

Hemingway’s Cafe sure got its swan song. The Oakland bar recently had some of its busiest nights ever as students and alumni swung by for their last hurrah before the college hangout closed forever. Owner John Elavsky announced in January that Hemingway’s would end its decades-long run May 3. In

Pennsylvania hospitals will soon get $572 million in long-awaited covid-19 response reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania told TribLive on Wednesday. Several members of the Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation have sent letters to the Department of Homeland Security this year urging the release

Polar World, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History exhibit giving a glimpse into Inuit culture and Arctic wildlife, will close June 28. The area’s replica igloo, life-size dioramas and animal specimens have been staples of the museum for decades. It started development in 1978 before opening in 1983 as one