Josh Taylor

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Josh Taylor

The Three Rivers Arts Festival opened Thursday with crowds waiting at the gates, despite being at a temporary location this year. The area of the Strip District that was formerly the site of the Boardwalk, the floating entertainment complex that was docked along the Allegheny River near the intersection of 15th Street and Waterfront Place, will be the site for this year's festival before it relocates to its new permanent home next year.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Josh Taylor

Pennsylvania health workers reinstated after layoffs U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio is one of a group of local lawmakers who continue to fight layoffs of federal employees by the Trump administration. This week, they won one of those rounds when 70 people who were previously laid off were reinstated, specifically respirator certification workers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health facility in Pleasant Hills.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Josh Taylor

It has been a week since severe storms swept through Western Pennsylvania, leaving more than half a million homes without power. More than 325,000 homes with Duquesne Light were without power, more than half of its customer base. Duquesne Light responded to what was referred to as an unprecedented event with the largest emergency response crew it has ever sent out. More than 600 contractors were called in from 19 different states, three times the total amount from the previous record.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Josh Taylor

At the Homewood-Brushton YMCA on Bennett Street, members can find activities from exercise to recording music. And thanks to a pair of friends named Robert Travis and Roderick Ramsey, they can earn certification as a drone operator. Travis and Ramsey co-founded Cloud Collective Media Productions, a company that creates drone video content for various industries — such as construction, architecture and real estate.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Josh Taylor

After 80 years of training trade professionals across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Triangle Tech has closed its doors, and certain items that belonged to the school are now available via online auction. In June 2024, Triangle Tech announced they were shuttering campuses in Pittsburgh, Greensburg, DuBois, Sunbury, Chambersburg, and Bethlehem.