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HARRISBURG — To help maintain the commonwealth’s natural resources and enhance tourism, Pennsylvanians are invited to register for the 2025 Pick Up Pe...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission filled two important vacancies in recent months with the hiring of two new bureau directors. Timothy Haydt, who had w...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro has tapped a former Beaver County superintendent to lead the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Shapiro ad...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District is among 12 projects in the state’s Northwest Region collectively set to receive a total of $2.5 m...

HARRISBURG — Streambank stabilization in Potter County is among 12 projects in the state’s Northcentral region that were awarded a total of $2,652,247...

CYCLONE — “I bought the house in October of 2022,” recalls Cyclone homeowner Helen Dragonette. “My pumphouse first blew up in September 2023 and then ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has hundreds of thousands of orphan and abandoned gas and oil wells scattered across the state. More state and federal money...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is pockmarked with orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells. Drilled decades ago, many of them pre-date the first World War,...

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro Administration and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced a new registered apprenticeship program to train worke...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection has made nearly $1 million available for projects that will promote environmental education an...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been chronically understaffed for years. The department is currently unable to fulfill its...

MEADVILLE — Erin Wells has been named the regional director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Northwest Regional Offi...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is finalizing development and testing of an electronic permitting (ePermitting) s...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is encouraging formal and informal environmental educators around the state to ta...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded two grants in McKean County for environmental education. “Supporting thes...

HARRISBURG — On Friday, the Wolf Administration announced grant funding to install tens of thousands of feet of streambank fencing in McKean County. T...

MEADVILLE — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to a $469,501 Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty with United Refining ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting public comments on the draft final general permits that address meth...

WILLIAMSPORT — On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hearing on a proposed water treatmen...