This week, a special show of award-winning and recognized stories. What advocates and residents who live near U.S. Steel plants are saying about the Trump administration's policies on the pollution ...

In the same week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would give Pennsylvania more than $39 million to address PFAS contamination in drinking water, the agency also said it ...

A new study shows rising temperatures around the world are associated with a higher risk of kidney disorders.

This story was first published September 12, 2025. Americans discard millions of tons of food every year, not only wasting the resources it took to produce and transport that food but also ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is stocking mussels in Dunkard Creek 16 years after pollution annihilated life in the stream.

New air pollution rules for steel plants including the Clairton Coke Works have been paused for at least two years.

This story was first published on August 22, 2025. NOTE: Since this story was first published, the Trump administration decided against writing their own rule for steel industry emissions. Instead, it ...

This story was first published December 12, 2025. It was a finalist for a 2026 Golden Quill from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania for Excellence in Audio Journalism in the history category. A ...

This story was first published October 10, 2025. The story is part of our series, Reporting from the Mon, which won a 2026 Golden Quill from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania for Excellence in ...

This story was first published September 19, 2025. The story is part of our series, Reporting from the Mon, which won a 2026 Golden Quill from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania for Excellence in ...

Kathy Knauer has been the executive producer for The Allegheny Front since 1995. She is responsible for overseeing the news operations, developing collaborations with other news organizations and ...

On a Saturday morning in March, a demolition crew took down the smokestacks at the Homer City Generating Station. The plant – first commissioned in 1969 – once employed hundreds of workers. In an ...