🐕 🏈 Pittsburgh in the Puppy Bowl

✈️ Progress at PIT’s New Terminal

The $1.5 billion terminal is now 80% complete and slated to open as soon as late summer. The design includes extra security lines, constellation lighting, and outdoor green spaces where you can have a beer before your flight! Learn more about the airport’s glow up on today’s City Cast Pittsburgh podcast. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

• 🔖 Here are our tips for flying out of PIT. [📝 Hey Pittsburgh]

🔥 Explosion at Clairton Coke Works

A battery issue at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works put two workers in the hospital this week. The company says some Mon Valley residents might have heard a “boom,” and they’re investigating internally. [Allegheny Front]

• 🏭 Catch up on U.S. Steel drama: President Trump met with U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt yesterday and he’s expected to meet with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Miyamoto today. [Reuters]
• ❌ President Biden blocked the $15 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, and Trump previously said he opposes it as well — but U.S. Steel and Shigeru hope Trump will reconsider. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

🐕 🏈 Pgh Pooches Compete in the Puppy Bowl

Four pups are representing the Steel City in this Sunday’s Puppy Bowl XXI — a three-hour annual event featuring rescue dogs from shelters all over the country. Tune in at 2 p.m. to cheer on Sully (Boxer/Pitbull mix), Mercury (Great Pyrenees mix), and Franco (Pitbull mix) from Paws Across Pittsburgh, as well as Centaur (mixed breed, maybe a lab?!) from Animal Friends. [City Paper / KDKA]

• 🐶 Wanna celebrate these furry sports stars? Paws Across Pittsburgh is hosting a party at the American League in Brackenridge Feb. 16, 1-4 p.m.

💥 Pop quiz, Pittsburgh! Test your knowledge of local history and current events. 🗓️

Here’s the first question: