Health department officials said their modeling showed the project wouldn’t cause Allegheny County to exceed federal air pollution limits.

A new study shows that rates for black lung disease in Appalachia are surging. At the same time, the Trump administration is putting regulations that could reduce miners’ exposure to the dust ...

Ben Kehoe, a park ranger for Allegheny County Parks, will be our guide for The Allegheny Front’s Owl Prowl at Hartwood Acres on October 21. The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple met up with him to ...

The Trump administration announced new rules weakening fuel efficiency standards. Appalachian farmers are producing wool that could replace less environmentally friendly insulation in homes. Heavy ...

Pawpaw trees, which grow the region’s largest native fruit, are resistant to a lot of pests: Many insects, rabbits and deer largely leave the understory plant alone. But in recent years, invasive ...

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 ...

Allegheny County Parks ranger Ben Kehoe shares his love of owls and facts about one of Pennsylvania's favorite raptors.

Shapiro joined a coalition of states challenging the EPA for eliminating Biden-era rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions at power plants.

Shapiro joined a coalition of states challenging the EPA for eliminating Biden-era rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions at power plants.

This story is part of our series, Wild Pennsylvania. Check out all of our stories here. A new study uses museum specimens to find out how the leaves of poison ivy in Pennsylvania have changed with the ...

As home gardeners are cleaning up their spring flower beds and vegetable patches, they might notice signs of a relatively new invasive species that’s made its way across Pennsylvania. Though Asian ...

Jessi Halligan stares at a laptop screen on the deck of a 50-foot vessel, a few miles from the Canadian border in the middle of Lake Erie. On screen is a stack of squiggly colored lines that are ...