Julia Fraser

1 week ago | wesa.fm | Julia Fraser

The Monongahela Cemetery rests on the top of a steep climb in North Braddock. On a clear, sunny afternoon, the Mon Valley — cut by the Monongahela River — unfurls: below is the borough of Braddock, where puffs from U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works emerge from smokestacks, then fade into the air; across the river, the curved outlines of Kennywood’s rollercoasters line the horizon, sketching out West Mifflin, gliding into Homestead, then Duquesne.

2 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Julia Fraser

Books filled the stacks and the curtain was raised on the historic music hall at the Braddock Carnegie Library’s grand reopening Thursday. The $21 million renovation of the first Carnegie library in the United States — built by steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie — is complete. In honor of that first, the library will now be called Carnegie One.

3 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Julia Fraser

Pittsburgh’s population rose by about 1% in 2024 going from 304,766 in 2023 to 307,668 in 2024, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Cities across the U.S. grew on average during this time period. The fastest growing cities in the country lie mostly in the South and Western regions of the country. But this year, some cities, like Pittsburgh, in the Northeast and Midwest experienced more population growth than they have had in the past several years.

3 weeks ago | wvia.org | Julia Fraser

U.S. Steel, Ebensburg Power Company and Keystone-Conemaugh Projects are among the companies that have requested from the Trump administration exemptions from certain air quality standards for toxic pollutants, such as mercury and benzene.

3 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Julia Fraser

U.S. Steel, Ebensburg Power Company and Keystone-Conemaugh Projects are among the companies that have requested from the Trump administration exemptions from certain air quality standards for toxic pollutants, such as mercury and benzene.