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Centre Foundation raises $3.07M for local nonprofits

BELLEFONTE — In the final hours of Centre Gives, the Centre Foundation’s 36-hour online fundraising campaign, the charitable residents of Centre County united to surpass the foundation’s ambitious $3 million fundraising goal. Centre Gives, which concluded Thursday night, inspired an outpouring of generosity, raising a record $3,077,294 to be shared among hundreds of local charities impacting lives locally. Of that total, $2,537,544 came from 18,330 individual contributions supporting Centre County nonprofits. Donations were further amplified by $39,750 in prizes and $500,000 in ...

Pennsylvania is getting $193M for rural health. What comes next?

With hundreds of millions of federal dollars flowing into the commonwealth’s coffers for rural health, a coalition of stakeholders considered the potential funding opportunities Wednesday for nearly three hours in Harrisburg. “Being from the rural, rural part of Pennsylvania, ...

Woodward residents speak out against proposed treatment facility

DUNNSTOWN — Residents packed the Dunnstown firehall during the May 6 Woodward Township Planning Commission meeting as officials and community members debated the proposed behavioral health treatment facility known as Project Transition. The meeting was a follow up to the April 1 discussion that was tabled due to lack of representation from Project Transition at that time. This meeting focused almost entirely on receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission to the Zoning Hearing Board regarding the special exception use application. Project Transition representatives ...

PC Twp. to consider data center zoning amendment

AVIS — In a move one of its supervisors is calling a proactive measure, Pine Creek Township officials say they are considering an amendment to their zoning ordinance to include data centers as a conditional use in its Industrial Zoning District. The topic was brought up at the ...

Who owns blighted homes? The answer is often unclear.

READING — One week into 2026, a 125-year-old Poplar Street rowhome collapsed, temporarily displacing four people in a house next door. The result in the months since: a hole where the home once stood and around $100,000 in emergency demolition costs the city is unlikely to recover anytime ...