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The Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority has a significant chunk of money to help clear blight from communities. Now officials just need vacant buildings with the potential for demolition, said Brian Lawrence, executive director. “It is an essential thing that we have to face in our communities,” he said. The countywide
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A Greater Latrobe student boards a bus Wednesday.
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As new covid cases continue to drop in Westmoreland County and it appears a post-holiday coronavirus spike has been dodged, several area school districts have brought students back to classrooms with more planning such a return.
Students at Greater Latrobe, Jeannette and Yough have returned to school after using a hybrid model, or a mix of in-class and remote instruction, since the beginning of the year. Other districts including Hempfield Area, Ligonier Valley, Norwin and Penn-Trafford are making plans to get students back to their desks more than two days a week.
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Harrison Park Elementary School in the Penn-Trafford School District will be closed until Monday due to two active covid cases in the building, according to a statement from Superintendent Matthew Harris.
Students will learn from home Thursday and Friday.
One student and one staff member tested positive for coronavirus within the last two weeks. The student case was reported Wednesday evening.
The decision to close the school was made in accordance with guidelines from the state Department of Health and Department of Education, according to Harris.
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Covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area continued to drop over the last week, with 27 new cases in the seven-day period ending Feb. 2, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Since the pandemic began in March, the six ZIP codes covering most of the three communities have seen a total of 1,620 confirmed cases as of Feb. 2, up from 1,593 on Jan. 26.
Residents of these six ZIP codes have taken a total of 8,999 coronavirus tests, 18% of which were positive. Since Jan. 19, 166 tests were administered, 16.27% of which were positive, marking the first time in months that the average positivity rate for the week was below that of the pandemic as a whole.