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Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center to host three Manufacturing Day events

By Kevin Randolph  |   September 4, 2018   |   Local

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC) announced last week that it would host three events to celebrate National Manufacturing Day on three different days in Sugarloaf, Scra...

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SBA administrator visits Western Pennsylvania company

By Melina Druga  |   September 4, 2018   |   Companies

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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Task force reveals ways to improve school safety

By Melina Druga  |   August 31, 2018   |   Local

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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NRC to review License Renewal Application for Lancaster Peach Bottom Reactors

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 31, 2018   |   Local

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 receives grant to assist with transportation infrastructure project

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 31, 2018   |   Featured

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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Bedford County Development Association receives $500,000 grant to expand Hess Business Park

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 30, 2018   |   Featured

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 approved for $1 mln grant to develop reserve of Mammoth coal in Mount Carmel region

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 30, 2018   |   Companies

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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Motorcycle dealer holds ribbon cutting in Warrendale

By Melina Druga  |   August 30, 2018   |   Companies

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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State regulators urge Congress to remove barriers for marijuana-related businesses

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 29, 2018   |   Featured

Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking and Securities Robin L. Wiessmann recently led a coalition of financial regulators from several states in requesting that Congress address barriers to financial insti...

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Legislators, PSEA president unveil bills to reform standardized testing

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 29, 2018   |   News

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers and Jerry Oleksiak, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), introduced five bills designed to reform state standardized testing policies...

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Groundbreaking held at Kutztown Hampton Inn and Suites

By Melina Druga  |   August 29, 2018   |   Companies

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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House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing explores technical education, career readiness

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 28, 2018   |   News

State Rep. Gerald Mullery (D-Luzerne) recently hosted a House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to discuss promoting technical education and career readiness among ...

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Public Utility Commission approves Tentative Implementation Order for alternative ratemaking law

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 27, 2018   |   News

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved a Tentative Implementation Order for Act 58 of 2018, which would allow for alternative ratemaking for natural gas distribution, elect...

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Carson, Rothfus discuss economic opportunity, affordable housing for Western Pennsylvania

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 27, 2018   |   Featured

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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Grove supports use of Medicaid waivers

By Melina Druga  |   August 27, 2018   |   News

Rep. Seth Grove (R-York County) recently sent a letter to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urging the agency to reapprove the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniaâ...

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Sheetz to open in Scranton industrial park

By Melina Druga  |   August 24, 2018   |   Companies

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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Next Generation Bankers Academy concludes summer program

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 24, 2018   |   News

Secretary of Banking and Securities Robin L. Wiessmann recently announced the completion of a pilot public-private initiative through which more than 20 students from Pennsylvania colleges and univers...

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University of Pittsburgh at Bradford receives $2M grant for engineering and technology building

By Kevin Randolph  |   August 24, 2018   |   Featured

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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State House Speaker Turzai touts economic growth for Pennsylvania

By Kim Riley  |   August 23, 2018   |   Featured

Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R) is working diligently to advance pro-business legislation aimed at growing the Commonwealth’s economy to benefit its residents and businesses, the s...

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Residency program aims to fix physician shortage in rural areas

By Melina Druga  |   August 23, 2018   |   News

St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) recently launched its Family Medicine Residency Program, aimed at addressing the needs of rural communities, at St. Luke’s Miners Campus in Tamaqua. ...

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