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UNIVERSITY PARK — In watersheds degraded by runoff of nutrients from farmland, land managers struggle to pinpoint the best locations to install ripari...

When it comes to screen time and the effect on kids’ mental health, there’s quantity — how much they’re watching. There’s quality — the substance of w...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A team of researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agr...

The City of Bradford will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday in city council chambers, 24 Kennedy St. The city’s consultant for the study, Wallov...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is accepting construction and maintenance services feedback through an online sur...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Two St. Bonaventure University undergraduate students were recognized for their research and public speaking skills following ...

Friday night’s opener was not a great start to the season. Coming into Week 1, the Bradford football team knew their first game on the schedule would ...

PITTSBURGH — Patients with cancer who live in rural Pennsylvania counties appear to know that they may have better outcomes if they receive their canc...

UNIVERSITY PARK — At a time when Pennsylvania is largely counting on riparian buffers to achieve water-quality improvements needed to meet the state’s...

DUBOIS — Millions of people suffer from seasonal allergies, and Pennsylvania’s allergy season can be long and brutal. Allergy season in the state can ...

HARRISBURG — Public transit improvement remains a legislative priority Pennsylvania, but the newest idea doesn’t focus isn’t Philadelphia or Pittsburg...

During the Tuesday evening meeting of the Bradford City Council, council members heard from local resident Diane Arnett, of Vista Circle. Arnett came ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There were good reasons to avoid products with the artificial sweetener Aspartame even before the World Health Organization classifie...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service announced that three members of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) Watershed Conservation Program won the 202...

NEW YORK (TNS) — When scientists announced at a conference last week that they had created synthetic human embryos, it felt like something from Brave ...

Researchers have discovered a rare palm species found to flower underground. Discovered by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew and par...

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...

Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — More people in their 20s and 30s in Pennsylvania are seeking help for gambling problems, state officials say, and a new survey sh...

Access to quality healthcare is a struggle across the nation and especially for rural communities. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has ...