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HARRISBURG — On Monday, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced new grant funding totaling $420,600 for ...

(TNS) — The decision by Pittsburgh-based language learning company Duolingo to cut 10% of contract positions in December — partly due to AI — sent sho...

A report issued this week by the Wren Collective is direct in its title: “Under-resourced And Ignored: Indigent Defense in Schuylkill County.” The 20-...

John Fetterman, as someone put it, is doing a Bulworth in reverse. Bulworth was a fictional California senator in the 1990s movie of the same name who...

INCOME: It’s no surprise to folks who live here, but rural Pennsylvania’s counties have the lowest per capita income in the state. A study by the Cent...

HARRISBURG — Rural Pennsylvania keeps losing population and has a worker shortage that limits economic growth. Local leaders place the blame on barrie...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Dry January is an exercise of abstaining from alcohol for the entirety of the first month of the year. For many, drinking alcohol duri...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The gulf between how Israel and much of the world thinks about events in Gaza is growing, and with it the risk of regional escalation...

PHILADELPHIA — On the Flyers’ practice rink in Voorhees, N.J., there’s a sign just above the penalty box advertising the Philadelphia Liberties. You’d...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee Majority Chairman Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, will convene an offsite public hearing in ...

Pennsylvania, Colorado, California and 9 other state attorneys general called upon the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to classify cannabis as sa...

CHEESY: Did you know Jan. 20 is National Cheese Lovers Day? Doesn’t cheese go with everything? We’re among the folks who agree that it should! Camembe...

SMETHPORT — The 14th annual State of Child Welfare report was released this week by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, and showed that people in ...

One thing that keeps me busy in the wintertime is managing trail camera data. Do not delete SD cards until you collect all the information you can fro...

As the Pennsylvania House has moved to eliminate junk fees, the less-than-transparent charges are getting more national attention as well. Junk fees a...

(TNS) — Self-checkout is starting to become quite a problem for retailers. From heightened retail theft to long lines, corporations appear to be rethi...

(TNS) — The third state in line, nationwide, to legalize “magic mushrooms” could be New Jersey if some state lawmakers can clear the way for a bill to...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) announced it will operate an ATV Regional Trail Connector through the 2025 ri...

Winter got you feeling a little stir crazy? Kinzua Valley Trail Club (KVTC) has just the thing. The club’s Cabin Fever event set noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 2...

COUDERSPORT — Those who volunteer to prepare large quantities of food for the public may want to attend a Penn State Extension workshop titled “Cookin...