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New, Wider I-81 Sharply Alters NEPA Interchanges February 16, 2023
DUNMORE — New exit ramps and connector roads would link Interstate 81 north to Birney Avenue in Moosic and directly to Moosic Street in Scranton as part of the highway’s...
Shapiro Is On a GOP Charm Offensive February 02, 2023
Some Democrats see Shapiro’s success as a road map for the party nationally and name him among a new generation of young governors who could one day run for president....
Fern Hollow Bridge Will Reopen this Month December 16, 2022
With Fern Hollow back in action, PennDOT can turn to the Commercial Street Bridge....
Massive Warehousing Development in Hazleton December 05, 2022
WEST HAZLETON — A PennDOT official detailed projects related to five warehouse developments that will bring more employee and truck traffic to roads in Greater Hazleton over the next eight...
A Monster UPS Warehouse Threatens Far Northeast Philly June 06, 2022
Residents and some businesses fear an influx of gridlock and pollution. Straddling two Philly neighborhoods, a UPS hub would be among the Philly region’s largest warehouses....
Rising U.S. Traffic Deaths Put Focus On Philly's Roosevelt Blvd. May 31, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb. The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver racing down Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia struck and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three...
Multiple Train Cars Fall Into Water After Derailment in Harmar May 27, 2022
The derailment happened in the 2400 block of Freeport Road....
Traffic Deaths Continued to Rise in 2021 May 23, 2022
The elevated numbers continued a trend that began in 2020, when deaths spiked, despite a steep drop-off in traffic due to COVID-19 shutdowns....
The Conservative Populist Coalition Has Grown in PA May 23, 2022
FANNETTSBURG, Pennsylvania — The first time I accidentally stumbled onto the cracked Back Road street sign in this Franklin County unincorporated town years ago, while covering the 2012 presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, I knew I...
Ready to Lead the ‘Great Pennsylvania Comeback’ May 11, 2022
We are blessed with an enormous deposit of energy resources right beneath our feet in Pennsylvania and we must build the infrastructure necessary to access it....
The Common Problem of PA Bridges April 05, 2022
Pennsylvania’s bridges need work. It isn’t just the ones with obvious problems — the ones with crumbling concrete or decaying superstructure. It’s not a question of which. It’s a question of when. The Fern Hollow Bridge spanning a Frick Park ravine c...
Bethlehem Twp. Highlights Concerns About Loss of Farrmland April 04, 2022
Kay Builders is proposing a mix of 166 single-family homes, townhouses and apartments on the Farmersville Road property....
