Communities hosting hyperscale data centers are seeing benefits even while the protests grow. “New recreational spaces, water and wastewater infrastructure, traffic lights, build-outs of local roads and grants for schools were among the pluses for communities hosting them. “Our roads ...
The state House on Monday passed a bill intended to put up safeguards for the huge number of children interacting with artificial intelligence “companions” but a ranking Republican criticized the bill’s invasiveness. The vote came on the first day of voting sessions by the House and Senate in two and one-half months. Outside the Capitol, Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman of Indiana County told a luncheon gathering it was unclear if there would be any deal to legalize so-called “skill games” and that Gov. Josh Shapiro had made missteps as he tried to work in ...
A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher ...
OLD GROWTH FORESTS WHERE: Little Pine State Park WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 3 at 7:15 p.m. NOTES: Join the park naturalist to learn about topics about old growth forests such as the history that many of these forests went through and some of the threats old growth forests face today. A movie will be shown. All children must be accompanied by an adult to participate. The program may be modified or canceled in the event of severe weather or new state or community guidelines. Those interested should meet at the amphitheater. TERRIFIC TREES WHERE: Hyner Run State Park WHEN: Saturday, ...
The proposed data center project in Muncy Township is starting to get tied up in the courts. Since April 28, it has been widely reported that Danko Holdings II LP and Fishlips LLC. have applied for conditional use for three data center buildings, two 14-pod facilities, one eight-pod facility, water storage tanks, a water treatment facility, a substation, and auxiliary structures near Yetter Road and John Brady Drive. In July, however, when the township had not held a conditional use hearing within 60 days of the developer filing April 28, nor rendered a determination on the data ...
Mid-October, that cherished time of year when mornings are crisp, days are pleasantly warm, and the forests of the Northeast present an unrivaled foliar pageant. October is one of, if not arguably the, prime month for wildlife, nature and landscape photography in Pennsylvania. So, as I ...
