Severe Thunderstorm Warning Severe Thunderstorm Warning PAC001-043-071-075-107-133-010130- /O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0283.191101T0005Z-191101T0130Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service State College PA 805 PM EDT Thu Oct 31 2019 The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Northwestern Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania… Schuylkill County in […]
By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Clean air advocates say combating climate change requires switching from gas-powered cars to clean electric vehicles, and a bill being proposed in Washington could jump-start that transition. Senate minority leader Charles Schumer of New York has proposed a sweeping measure that he says could take 63 million gas-guzzlers off the […]
By: Andrea Sears PITTSBURGH – Companies doing business in Pennsylvania are warning investors that climate change is a threat to productivity and profits. President Donald Trump attended an event sponsored by the natural gas industry in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, where he celebrated beginning the process of withdrawing the country from the Paris Climate Agreement. However, […]
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Aging is warning Pennsylvania seniors, their families, and caregivers about a new scam targeting older adults. DNA testing has become extremely popular in the past few years for people looking to learn more about their family history and health, and scammers are now targeting Medicare beneficiaries with a fraudulent DNA […]
Harrisburg, PA — Today, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the release of a preliminary report gleaned from results of an extensive two-year survey seeking public input on the future of Pennsylvania’s state parks. More than 10,000 respondents offered recommendations how the commonwealth can improve the visitor experience. “Commenting on everything […]
Huntingdon, PA — Wolf Administration officials today joined inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon to plant 400 tree seedlings along an unnamed tributary to the Juniata River as the culmination of a 14-week inmate vocational training session. “This program is a win on several levels,” Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams […]
Harrisburg, PA — Today, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Deputy Secretary John Norbeck announced Pennsylvania’s state forest system, totaling more than 2.2 million acres, has received certification through one of the world’s most recognized, independent, third-party forest management certification standards, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. “Entrusted with managing our incredibly diverse and […]
Harrisburg, PA – State Education Secretary Pedro Rivera is applauding four Pennsylvania educators who were recently announced as the 2017 and 2018 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST is the highest honor awarded by the U. S. government to teachers for excellence in K-12 STEM or computer […]