Keystone Crossroads Archive
Voters to decide on $85 million referendum for State High renovations and additions
Tuesday’s election will have more than just primary candidates on the ballot. Voters in the State College school district will deci ...
11 years ago
ListenPittsburgh mayor says city’s financial situation is ‘grim but solvable’
“It’s not going to be easy.” That was Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s primary message to City Council and t ...
11 years ago
Pennsylvania’s cities have been putting out distress signals for years, but sometimes it seems no one is listening. Keystone C ...
11 years ago
Shamokin votes to apply for Act 47
This city in the middle of coal country may join a growing list of those in Act 47. Harrisburg is already in the program for distr ...
11 years ago
What can you do with $1.8 million? Repave 11 miles of Pittsburgh streets
With $1.8 million, you could buy half a million Big Macs, 3,500 iPad Airs or four Lamborghinis. Or you could use it to repave an addition ...
11 years ago
Electric bill spikes–was it really just that cold?
Spring has finally arrived, but you might still be paying the price for the colder-than-usual winter. Some customers under variable rate ...
11 years ago
ListenFor Pittsburgh mayor, better government means open government
When Mayor Bill Peduto was a City Councilman representing District 8, he went back to school ...
11 years ago
Harrisburg councilwoman Eugenia Smith dies
Harrisburg councilwoman Eugenia Smith has died. A statement from the city says Smith died Friday afternoon at Harrisburg Hospital, ...
11 years ago
New branding aims to support Pittsburgh’s growing tourism industry
At its annual meeting Thursday, VisitPITTSBURGH highlighted some of the successes in tourism in the last couple of years. ...
11 years ago
Community backed micro-lending helps Homewood indoor bike park
Since the early 2000’s more than one million small businesses worldwide have been funde ...
11 years ago
Pittsburgh region saw flat job growth in 2013
Preliminary jobs numbers released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show virtually flat job growth for the Pittsburgh regi ...
11 years ago
As Harrisburg exits receivership, a bid to leave Act 47, too
Pennsylvania’s capital city is poised to exit state receivership at the end of the week, after more than two years under the watchf ...
11 years ago
Centre county homeless get out of the cold
For many of our listeners, the worst thing a colder-than-usual winter can bring is a higher heating bill. But for the homeless, the frigi ...
11 years ago
ListenWho are the homeless in State College?
Whitney Hunsinger is sitting in the living room of Centre House, a homeless shelter in downtown State College. Her daughters, who are two ...
11 years ago
ListenPittsburgh looks to East Liberty model for transit-oriented development in Homewood
Homewood, once the home of Andrew Carnegie and George Westinghouse, has had more than its share of economic troubles in recent decades. ...
11 years ago
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