agriculture

HARRISBURG — In 2022, Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry received a new resource to help farmers — The PA Agriculture Mentor Program Pilot included f...

If efforts of municipalities across Pennsylvania to diminish blight in their neighborhoods were a video, it would be an endless loop replaying the sam...

HARRISBURG — Following a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force this week, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has declare...

RIDGWAY — The Sandy Cochran Memorial Scholarship selection committee is proud to announce that three regional students will share in the award of $2,2...

KANE — Friday evening at the Kane Community Center, youngsters had fun making unique potato gardens for their Dads for Fathers Day. Sponsored by the K...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education Friday urged Pennsylvanians to remember the many food assistance programs available to children ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Extension Grape and Wine Team is calling on farmers and vineyard owners in the mid-Atlantic region to participat...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Pennsylvania winemakers are uncorking new possibilities with the help of Penn State Extension and the College of Agricultural Scienc...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Feral swine are considered one of the top invasive species of concern in North America because of the damage they do to agricultural...

The air is acrid and hazy from wildfires in Canada, while the ground is dry from a consistent lack of precipitation. Conditions are ripe for wildfires...

TOPS 16 The weekly meeting of TOPS #16 was held on June 7,2023 by leader Vickie Johnson. Members recited the TOPS pledge. The song “The more we get to...

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman, along with Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, Chuck Schume...

WASHINGTON — J.T.M. Provisions Company, a Harrison, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 22,530 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat beef chili wi...

With a little time yet to go in the 2022-23 surveillance year, the Game Commission has already detected Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in more deer thi...

BLOSSOMS. New research released by horticulture guide Gardening Chores, recently analyzed the number of Google searches for various flowers in order t...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto-Eldred Class of 2023 graduated 49 students on Friday night. The ceremony was held in the high school auditorium at Otto-Eldred ...

Whether you’re poking around in your backyard or exploring area trails, you’re bound to come across a snake at one point or another this summer. Nearl...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced funding for 16 environmental restoration projects on abandoned mine lan...

As summer approaches, events throughout the region are being scheduled. As of press time, the listed events were scheduled as follows: Today will be B...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A black bear that attacked young siblings in suburban Luzerne County Monday may have been killed in a traffic incident Wednesday a ...