The City Planning Commission got its first look at parts of Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to loosen housing zoning rules, but ...

Black laborers working in Beaver County were deported during the night to West Virginia. Historians say such events were ...

Our newest interns join the Pittsburgh team from different areas of the southern and western U.S. Each is ready to support our editorial needs.

Candidates in a pivotal Pa. Senate district traded accusations over abortion and healthcare for transgender people, each ...

Union voters could tip the scales in the country's largest swing state. Both candidates are courting their support.

The Pittsburgh Land Bank’s impending sale of 13 lots marks another step for an organization that started slow, but has picked ...

Naturalists waited decades for the zebra swallowtail butterfly's return to the northern end of its habitat. My pawpaw trees ...

The county Board of Health voted to lift some fees modestly, but to hike others to several times current levels.

Pittsburgh agencies aim to sell the townhomes to people earning incomes lower than area norms, with preference given to ...

“Increased fees are essential to ensure ACHD can hire and maintain staff members with expertise in the federal Clean Air Act,” said Lisa Graves-Marcucci.

Our yard has come a long way, hosting an expanding array of native species and sporting four little pawpaw trees and two larger ones. Finally — enter the real star of this story — the pawpaw and its ...

Today, there are a few remnant pawpaw patches in Pittsburgh parks and green spaces. As the pawpaw has received renewed interest, more people grow them in their outdoor spaces. But none of it seems to ...