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Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Linda McMahon recently visited and toured Professional Graphic Communications (PGC) in Sewickley in Allegheny County.
PGC is family owned, and fina...
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The Pennsylvania School Safety Task Force recently released recommendations on how to prevent school violence.
The recommendations follow six regional roundtables earlier to discuss how to allocate...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently accepted for review an application from Exelon Generation Company, LLC to renew the operating licenses of Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3, located near Lanc...
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Cranberry Township in Butler County recently received approval for a $2,875,000 grant to assist with a transportation infrastructure project that will connect the Cranberry Springs development and the...
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The Bedford County Development Association recently received approval for a $500,000 grant to support the expansion of the Bedford County Business Park in Bedford Township.
The grant will support t...
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Blaschak Coal Corporation recently received approval for a $1 million grant through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) to re-engineer, reopen, and redevelop a large reserve of Mammoth...
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The ribbon-cutting ceremony for motorcycle dealer Pitt Cycles, owned by Mike Cartney and Bill Obaker, recently held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday in Warrendale, Marshall Township.
“It is m...
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Gold Bear Ventures and Ursus Aureus, two investment subsidiaries of Kutztown University Foundation, and Wohlsen Construction recently broke ground on the 100-room Hampton Inn and Suites in Kutztown, B...
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Congressman Keith Rothfus (R-PA) recently met with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson in Western Pennsylvania to visit local leaders, tour designated Opportunity Zones an...
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Sheetz will be opening a store in the Mount Pleasant Corporate Center in Scranton, according to the Scranton Plan, the economic development marketing affiliate of The Greater Scranton Chamber of Comme...
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Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) and Sen. Joe Scarnati (R-25th District) announced Wednesday that the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford received $2 million in state funding for the development of...
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Air Products, an industrial gases company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently announced that it would supply syngas to Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd for a multi-billion dollar mono-ethylene glyco...
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Ellwood City Borough Council has adopted changes to Ellwood City Electric to improve consumer protection, price stability, and transparency, as a bill to establish legislative controls to correct thes...
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Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20th District) introduced legislation Monday seeking to establish a program to support rural hospitals by creating a more predictable payment plan and improving rural hospitals’ a...
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Duquesne Steel Works
State Rep. Austin Davis (D-Allegheny) recently announced that the City Center of Duquesne Redevelopment project received a $500,000 state grant to assist in the continued redevelopment of a former Duq...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently announced that it accepted requests for modifications to permits for parts of the Mariner East 2 pipeline for two sites in West W...
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Luzerne County Community College recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Luzerne County Community College M&T Bank Educational Center in Pittston.
The facility is th...
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union No. 375 was recently awarded $1 million to acquire and renovate an Allentown property for use as a lab space for IBEW apprenticeship ...
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AT&T invested more than $110 million in its wireless and wired networks in the Pittsburgh area from 2015 to 2017 to boost coverage for residents and businesses as well as improve critical services to ...
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Three Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities - California, Mansfield and Slippery Rock - will offer a combined eight new degree programs geared toward meeting specific wor...
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