PA State News

UNIVERSITY PARK  — A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke...

(TNS) — Kaysi Ricker's phone buzzed with a flash flood warning. She scrambled down to the creek behind her house to clean up the toys her niece and ne...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...

(TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...

(TNS) — A York County man found himself at the center of controversy this week about a loophole in Pennsylvania law that allows sex offenders to paren...

ERIE — In connection with an ongoing aggressive driving enforcement wave, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and its community pa...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Agricultural innovation, Pennsylvania’s livestock industry and the federal farm bill are among the topics that will take center stag...

(TNS) — While there’s still quite the chunk of time before tax season rolls around again, here’s something you should know. The IRS is about to implem...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension will offer a three-day workshop for those interested in learning how to dry hardwood lumber to maximize product...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) will host a webinar to guide college students and their families in filing th...

HARRISBURG — Effective Friday, Dr. Laura R. Dimino is serving as the interim executive director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. Prior to this ap...

HARRISBURG – Nearly half a century has passed since the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island which shook the commonwealth and the industry. R...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A new initiative aimed at developing emerging and advanced technologies to enhance food production, agricultural ecosystems and natu...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration says billions of dollars in aid to Pennsylvania's schools and human services will be d...

HARRISBURG – Just over a year ago, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a state budget which would support the establishment of an Alzheimer...

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency announced upgrades to its flood warning and observation system on Wednesday. The Pennsylvani...

HARRISBURG – A group of 26 financial officers from 21 states sent letters to 18 major financial institutions this week, warning them to abandon enviro...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., and Suzanne Bonamici D-Ore., co-chairs of the bipartisan House Career and Technical Educatio...

(TNS) — Police in western Pennsylvania have charged a man with vandalizing a Republican congressman’s office over the weekend. Hermitage City Police C...

(TNS) — A Harrisburg homeowner was in the lower level of her Harrisburg house Tuesday when she heard a loud noise outside. She raced to her front door...