State News

Online voter registration and other services affected by outage

Monday, October 5 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Due to an equipment failure at a data center managed by Unisys for the commonwealth, multiple commonwealth agencies, including the Department of State, are experiencing an outage of many online services that began late Saturday. This includes online voter registration and online... Read More.

Gathering limits back in place, unclear how football crowds will be handled tonight

Friday, October 2 by wcednews

UNDATED (AP) — A federal appeals court says Pennsylvania can restore pandemic restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings, putting on hold a judge’s ruling that threw out statewide limits on crowd size. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said the administration of... Read More.

PA Rep. Schemel tests positive for COVID-19, House cancels voting session

Friday, October 2 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA (AP) — A Republican lawmaker’s positive test for COVID-19 has prompted legislative leaders to immediately cancel the Pennsylvania House's voting session. Human resources workers were deployed Thursday to trace Rep. Paul Schemel's personal contacts to see if others should be quarantined. The Franklin County... Read More.

29 counties, including us, under at drought watch in PA

Thursday, October 1 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today moved Clinton and McKean counties to drought warning and added 13 counties to drought watch. There are now three counties on drought warning: Clinton, McKean,... Read More.

49 state employees honored with Governor’s Awards for Excellence

Thursday, October 1 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – 49 state employees were honored yesterday with the Governor's Awards for Excellence, showing bravery, innovation, persistence, and dedication to the residents of our state. This includes four PA State Police troopers, a couple employees from PennDOT centers, workers from the unemployment office... Read More.

Four PA State Troopers earn the Governor’s Awards for Excellence

Wednesday, September 30 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Four Pennsylvania State Troopers will be recognized by Governor Tom Wolf for individual and group actions that prevented injury or loss of life and improved the quality of life of Pennsylvanians. The men are among 49 employees from nine agencies who... Read More.

More than 165,000 Pennsylvanians download COVID Alert PA app

Wednesday, September 30 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – More than 165,000 Pennsylvanians have downloaded the COVID Alert PA exposure notification mobile app in the first week since the app was released to the Apple and Google app stores. However, given that there are about 12.8 million people who live in... Read More.

Octoberfest in Downtown DuBois this Saturday

Tuesday, September 29 by wcednews

DuBois, PA – Celebrate the fall season with Downtown DuBois Inc. at Octoberfest from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3. Click Here to check out the Facebook event page. West Long Avenue from High Street to Brady Street in DuBois will be blocked to... Read More.

PA approves night vision and infrared optics to hunt furbearers

Monday, September 28 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA (AP) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has approved the use of night vision and infrared (thermal) optics in the hunting of furbearers, animals traditionally trapped or hunted for their pelts. Commissioners gave final approval during a brief meeting Saturday to the change, which... Read More.

Motorcycle safety training classes available for rest of year

Saturday, September 26 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Want to become a safer motorcyclist and even get your motorcycle license? Motorcycle safety training classes for PA residents are resuming and will be available for the rest of the year. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that through the... Read More.