PITTSBURGH — State officials are opening thousands of acres of public land around streams and lakes to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, partly to provide revenue fo...
PITTSBURGH — The United Way of Allegheny County is rolling out a ‘211’ information line for homeowners in 11 southwestern Pennsylvania counties who might need federal ho...
Senator seeks his 2nd term
HARRISBURG — Bob Casey may just have himself to beat next year when he seeks a second six-year term as Pennsylvania’s now-senior U.S. senator.
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Focus is on northeast Pa.
SCRANTON — The state will measure baseline public health conditions in northeastern Pennsylvania to help track any future health impact from Mar...
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania is in the center of the pack when it comes to obesity levels.
New state-by-state rankings were released Thursday based on U.S. Centers for Di...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s massive transportation needs were not much in the mix last week when lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett settled on a new state budget, but that w...
READING — Hundreds of people, including many uniformed law enforcement officers, gathered in eastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday to mourn the death of a deputy sheriff who...
Store headed to N.C., W.Va.
ALTOONA — Sheetz is looking to the South as the gasoline and convenience store chain plans further expansion from its central Pennsylvania hub...
Fresh produce eagerly sought
PHILADELPHIA — Now when some of the city’s best restaurants boast locally sourced food, they mean really local: a garden in the heart of down...
Corbett pushes for privatization
HARRISBURG — While a consultant wraps up a study into the pros and cons of privatizing Pennsylvania’s state-controlled liquor and wine bu...
