This is it, the week golf aficionados have been waiting for -- la creme de la creme of women's professional golf tournaments. The LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge is being hosted for the first time at Blackhawk Country Club. Pretournament activities begin Monday, with the actual Sept. 21-24 tournament open to the public. Golf Channel live coverage is from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

A new type of stethoscope enables doctors to hear the sounds of the body in extremely loud situations, such as during the transportation of wounded soldiers in Blackhawk helicopters.Com ment

Why it's cool: It's not every day you encounter hot rods in a museum setting (or at least not without trekking down to Blackhawk). But the Bedford Gallery's new "Anatomy of a Hot Rod" exhibit opens this weekend with a high-octane automotive extravaganza.

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The Blackhawk Cougars football team scored 42 points and held the host Belle Vernon Leopards to 0 in the Cougars non-league win on Friday.

StaffKimberly Brown Abby Jackson and Andy Brackett discuss water temperature and how it affects trout in the Soque River at Blackhawk Trophy Fly Fishing.Comment

Pleasanton-base d Blackhawk Network, a provider of third party prepaid cards, said this morning that it has agreed to purchase San Diego-based EWI Holdings. EWI Holding is a provider of prepaid payment processing technology and services. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.... (more)