Residents along the Susquehanna River had a busy morning Thursday, preparing as the water rose. In Goldsboro, York County, neighbors helped a man who recently had surgery move his possessions out of the basement. The wall by the window bore marks noting the floods that had hit the house before. But there wasn’t room for […]
It’s a Level One situation at the PEMA emergency operations center in suburban Harrisburg. That’s the highest level possible for a state disaster response. “By comparison, 11-days ago, Hurricane Irene only reached a Level Two here in Pennsylvania,” Governor Tom Corbett said at an afternoon media briefing from the PEMA headquarters. The last time the […]
It has been a day of flash flooding, periods of drenching rain and water rescues for parts of the state, with some of the worst problems on either side of the Susquehanna. The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee have been pushing streams and creeks over their banks and overloading drainage systems. By mid-morning, some areas […]
An honor guard stood watch over 72 American flags that had been placed in front of the Fraternal Order of Police state lodge. That’s one flag for every police officer who died in the line of duty on September 11th, 2001. “9/11 was the deadliest day in law enforcement history, but it was also a […]
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction convenes for the first time on Capitol Hill this Thursday. Only a matter of hours later, President Barack Obama will address Congress and the nation on jobs. Republican Pat Toomey (R-PA) will be there for both events. Tapped by the Senate Republican Leader to serve on the bipartisan, […]
The recent ups and downs on Wall Street have made average investors concerned, and it’s during times like these that scam artists and flawed get rich quick schemes tend to increase. Sometimes it involves a legitimate investment that’s misrepresented as low risk, other times it involves a rip off. Michael Byrne, chief counsel for the […]
Three children have come down with a novel strain of flu, and the one link among them is an agricultural fair last month in southwestern Pennsylvania. All three children attended the Washington County Agricultural Fair between August 13th and 20th. The cases are similar to previous rare human infections with the swine-origin H3N2 viruses, but they’re […]
A new company is administering Pennsylvania’s unemployment insurance debit cards, and new terms of service are in place. According to Department of Labor & Industry spokesman Sean Yeakle, the new agreement offers more free withdrawals and more ATM locations. “More than 430,000 Pennsylvanians receive unemployment compensation through a debit card, and under the terms of […]
Tragically, a number of the deaths from Hurricane Irene were blamed on fallen trees or tree limbs, including three in Pennsylvania. Robert Wells, associate director of Arboriculture outreach at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, says people need to think proactively about tree health. He says we usually think of trees biologically, but […]