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This week: The implosion of the smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station puts an exclamation point on the end of coal power in Allegheny County. 

Jordan Corcoran, founder of Listen, Lucy, shares her mental health story with students — and now you. 

Our other stories delve into the struggling Woodland Hills School District, the 'haphazard' closure of the Smithfield homeless shelter and how a financial aid update could change college education for people in prison.
 

In the Allegheny Valley, after a century of coal power, the towers have toppled

After a decade spent talking about mental health in schools, I felt like giving up. Instead, I’m giving more.
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At Woodland Hills, parents ask for open communication as distrust in administration widens

Allegheny County previews plans for users of Smithfield Street shelter, but operator warns of calamity

AGH master plan could bring construction of new single-patient room structure

Federal financial aid is returning to PA prisons. But getting a college degree inside won’t be easy.
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