Cumberland County

Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of stories about findings and recommendations in the Hagerstown and Washington County Economic Development Strategic Plan. “Location, location, location” is an old real estate adage...

Expect fall foliage in the Southeastern corner of Pennsylvania to be at about 5 percent of its fall-best, according to the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Bureau of Forestry. The Bureau of Forestry issued its first weekly fall...

Country superstar Carrie Underwood  is coming to Roanoke. Underwood will appear March 23rd at the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum. The Roanoke stop is one of 40 new North American dates added to Underwood's 2013 schedule and is part of her "Blown Away...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Jerry Feaser of the Pennsylvanai Game Commission reports the following: As Pennsylvania hunters and trappers begin purchasing their 2011-12 licenses (as of Monday, June 11), Pennsylvania Game Commission teams of land managers, foresters and Food and Cover...

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Wednesday night ended, and Thursday morning begins, with something approximating a budget deal in place. And that seems as good a way as any to start off the countdown of The Top Five Things You......

The third annual County Health Rankings were released today. The Rankings are an annual check-up that measure how healthy people are and how long they live in nearly every county in every state, including Pennsylvania. Central Pennsylvania has three...

Walmart evacuated after bomb threat The Walmart in Spring Mills, W.Va., was closed temporarily after someone called in a bomb threat at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department said. The store was evacuated while deputies...

Abortion-rights advocates are girding for a spring fight over a bill sponsored by a northwestern Pennsylvania lawmaker that they say is part of a concerted effort here and nationwide to chip away at a woman’s right to the procedure. The......

A four hour standoff at a hotel ends peacefully in Cumberland County, after what police thought involved a machine gun. It all happened around 9:15 a.m. at the Best Western Hotel along the 100 block of Walnut Bottom Road in Shippensburg. State police...

There are few public policy questions facing Pennsylvania that are more challenging than finding a way to pay for repairs and upkeep to the state’s sprawling network of roads and bridges. New state Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch is the...

Lower Allan Township, (Cumberland County) - Over thirty thousand dollars of dirt bikes were stolen from Camp Hill Yamaha on Wednesday night. Owner, Duane Summer's said when he drove into work on Thursday morning he said he knew something was wrong. "As...