
Jeff Himler
Reporter at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
TribLive reporter covering Latrobe, Derry, Ligonier and Mt. Pleasant areas, as well as PennDOT. Contact me - [email protected]
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triblive.com | Jeff Himler
Work to replace the leaking roof at Greater Latrobe Junior High will begin this summer and is expected to wrap up during the summer of 2026. The school board this week awarded the roof contract to Island Contracting, which submitted a low base bid of about $6.2 million. That’s about $2 million below the original estimated cost, according to Josh Predovich of project consultant SHP.
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triblive.com | Jeff Himler
Royal Canadian Air Force Captain Marc-André Plante has taken his CT-114 jet through more than 50 practice runs of the demanding mirror pass maneuver. On Friday, he and eight fellow Snowbirds pilots were scheduled to complete another dry run of that pattern and other elements of the aerobatic demonstration they’ll perform for airshow spectators Saturday and Sunday above the unfamiliar landscape surrounding Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity.
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triblive.com | Jeff Himler
Thousands of people are expected to travel to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport this weekend to view the airshow hosted annually at the Unity site,That means motorists should expect traffic to be heavier than usual on Routes 30 and 981 in the vicinity of the airport. Traffic tends to be heaviest around the time the gates open — 9 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday — and when the show ends —at 5 p.m. both days, according to Gabe Monzo.
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triblive.com | Jeff Himler
Derry Area School Board is looking to appoint an eligible resident to a vacant seat on the panel after a board member’s resignation. The board also is planning to hire a new secondary-level administrator following the recent departure of the high school principal for a position at another district.
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triblive.com | Jeff Himler
A block-long Latrobe street bordered by parking lots for the town’s hospital is among a dozen streets that are slated for improvement in an upcoming city paving project. Derry Construction was awarded the $367,343 contract for the project — including extensive work on Taft Street. which intersects with Second Avenue across from Independence Health Latrobe Hospital. “It’s one of the worst ones that are getting done,” city public works director Scott Wajdic said of the street.
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Homer City power plant smokestacks topple as demolition of shuttered coal-fired plant is underway on March 22, 2025. https://t.co/3q2p5n4d4h

From left, Michelle Wilt, a Bedford native now living in tiny Mt. Savage, Md., came to the Johnstown rally with sons Logan and Adam. She blames the Biden administration’s policies for the outsourcing of her husband’s company to Mexico. He went to Alabama for a sheet metal job. https://t.co/eAXvxqGQqp

Johnstown resident Faylinn Hall, at right, president of an AFSCME local in Davidsville, claims Donald Trump wants to abolish the Department of Labor and destroy the ability of labor unions to negotiate. She voiced her concerns in a First Amendment Expression area near the rally. https://t.co/jmKpoC5wya