Marijuana facilities OK’d for Butler, Lawrence counties

A Butler County medical marijuana dispensary and a Lawrence County grower/processor have received state approval to begin operations. Gov. Tom Wolf said Cresco Yeltrah’s dispensary in Butler, and Holistic Farms, LLC in Lawrence County have passed all Department of Health inspections.

Fire damaged equipment at Bruce Mansfield power plant

A fire earlier this month at the Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant in Beaver County may have significantly damaged critical pieces of equipment, bringing operations at two of its three units to a halt. FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in a securities filing on Friday that its crews are surveying damage to the scrubber, stack and other property associated with the two units.

Nuns group appeals pipeline project on religious grounds

A group of nuns is asking a federal appeals court to halt a natural gas pipeline project on their property. A lawyer for sisters in the Adorers of the Blood of Christ told a panel of federal judges in Philadelphia that building a pipeline through their cornfield in Lancaster violates their religious freedom. Attorneys representing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company say the religious order waived its rights because it didn’t raise objections about the project to the federal agency. The nuns’ lawsuit was dismissed last year by a lower court. The pipeline company also has been granted the right to seize land needed for the project.