
Keystone Crossroads Archive
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
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
‘Worst of the Worst’ takes on blight in Pottsville
Through the Worst of the Worst program, the city is pushing demolition of some poorly maintained buildings with unpaid taxes. &nbs ...
11 years ago
Motion filed to end Harrisburg’s receivership
The City of Harrisburg may not have a state-appointed Receiver much longer. Nearly three years after Governor Corbett declared a f ...
11 years ago
Once a promising political novice, Mayor Ravenstahl leaves office … and politics?
When Mayor Luke Ravenstahl was quietly sworn into office following the 2006 death of Mayor Bob O’Connor, the 26-year-old City Counc ...
11 years ago
A bridge To Pittsburgh’s industrial past
Going only by the debate over transportation funding in the state capitol, some readers might have the impression that Pittsburgh’s ...
11 years ago
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