HARRISBURG – In July 1939, Pennsylvania Gov. Arthur James declared victory in the war on fireworks.
There’s nothing short of a crisis in our state capital.
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Allegheny County has closed restaurants and casinos for one week in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Pennsylvania is performing compliance checks on bars and restaurants to ensure they are complying with COVID-19 regulation.
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Pennsylvania Health Sec. Rachel Levine issued an order Wednesday requiring residents to wear masks, with exceptions, when leaving their homes as COVID-19 cases are on the rise, especially in Allegheny County.
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Someone with COVID-19 attended Belle Vernon Area High School's commencement last week.
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Pennsylvania urges everyone to wear masks in public to protect communities from COVID-19.
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The novel coronavirus has killed 6,399 people statewide after 38 new death were added to the total.
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Wearing face masks is still required when entering businesses in the entire state to keep COVID-19 from spreading.
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Wearing masks is a relatively easy way to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to state Health Sec. Rachel Levine.
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The state added 33 new COVID-19 deaths to its total.
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The state's number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline.
Eight more Pennsylvania counties have moved into the COVID-19 green phase of reopening.
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Greene County had two new COVID-19 cases Thursday, taking the rural area’s total to 30.
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Gov. Tom Wolf pushed back against a resolution reversing his statewide disaster declaration put in place to respond to the coronaviurus.
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Pennsylvania announced 61 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, with one of them taking place in Allegheny County.
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Gov. Tom Wolf: "The light is finally at the end of the tunnel."
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The remaining counties in the red COVID-19 reopening phase have been moved to the yellow caution zone.
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There were 75 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 statewide Thursday, the state Health Department said.
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The state reported 75 new deaths attributed to COVID-19.
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Mon Valley Hospital is set to offer COVID-19 antibody tests.
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Washington County recorded a new death Tuesday attributed to COVID-19, taking the death toll in the county from the virus to six, the state Health Department said.
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The large protests in Pennsylvania calling for justice in the death of a Minneapolis man will not change the state’s plans to reopen counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Washington and Greene counties will join most of Southwestern Pennsylvania in moving to the green phase of reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning more nonessential businesses can reopen their doors.
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Gov. Tom Wolf:Â "What the future beyond green means? We're still working on that."
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Pennsylvania reported 13 new deaths from the virus Tuesday, the lowest the one-day total has been in weeks.
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Gov. Tom Wolf will give the COVID-19 green light next week to 17 counties in mostly the northern portions of the state, allowing residents there to begin resuming more normal lives.
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Gov. Tom Wolf said he intends to renew his COVID-19 disaster declaration.
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The statewide COVID-19 update was postponed due to technical problems with the date collection system.
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Pennsylvania records 87 new COVID-19 deaths taking the total to 4,505.
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Gov. Tom Wolf will ease COVID-19 mitigation efforts in a dozen additional counties next week, while urging residents in his caution zones to continue to practice social distancing in public.
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Gov. Tom Wolf said he’s prepared to lift COVID-19 mitigation efforts in more counties, easing his stay-home order and allowing many nonessential businesses to reopen possibly next week.
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Pennsylvania has received its first shipment of the antiviral drug named Remdesivir
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday threatened to penalize counties and businesses that defy his COVID-19 stay-home order by reopening before he eases mitigation strategies.
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Thirteen counties in the Pittsburgh region, including Washington and Greene, will be allowed to reopen select nonessential businesses next week during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Two more people have died in Washington County from COVID-19.
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A Mon Valley dog groomer has reopened during a state order that closed nonessential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Tom Wolf to form a civilian corps to help in the recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Tom Wolf promises to reopen the COVID-19 economy as quickly as possible in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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There have been no new COVID-19 deaths reported for two consecutive days in Allegheny County.
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Some local businesses are going to "go with the flow" while their are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Pittsburgh region, including Washington and Greene counties, will remain in a red zone with nonessential businesses closed under Gov. Tom Wolf’s economic reopening plan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Social distancing and mask wearing will still be required as Pennsylvania businesses begin to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With an unprecedented number of people on unemployment compensation in Pennsylvania because of the COVID-19 pandemic, state officials are concerned about food not being available to the hungry.
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The state reported 119 new deaths Tuesday from COVID-19, taking the toll to 1,716.
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Pennsylvania will allow elective surgeries to resume at hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The medical director of Centerville Clinics would like to have the ability to test all of its 40,000 clients for COVID-19 as the state’s economy slowly reopens.
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Pennsylvania registers 58 new COVID-19 deaths
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Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday he will begin to reopen the state’s economy next month slowly and in certain regions where fact-based evidence shows the novel coronavirus is under control.
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Gov. Tom Wolf began to slowly reopen the COVID-19-stalled economy Monday at a time when the number of positive new cases of the virus began to drop statewide and in Allegheny County.
The state Department of Community and Economic Development has launched a business directory to connect organizations to manufactures of COVID-19 supplies.
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The number of COVID-19 deaths saw a significant increase Saturday in Pennsylvania.
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