Utica News

Environmental protections built into natural gas drilling legislation that passed the state Senate on Tuesday convinced some environmental groups to endorse the bill with reservations even as others rejected it wholesale as a giveaway to the gas industry.

The medical assistant program at the State College campus of South Hills School of Business and Technology recently received accreditation from the accrediting bureau of Health Education Schools, a private, nonprofit accrediting agency.

Shannon Clark, right, has her picture taken posing in a cutout of Punxsutawney Phil by her sister Meagan Clark of Utica, Pa., in downtown Punxsutawney, Pa., Wednesday, Feb.

The deep gas play may be ramping up Pennsylvania's historic oil and gas patch, but it is putting a big hit on the traditional shallow oil drilling and production sprinkled profusely throughout the northwestern counties.

COG and Immix Wireless are collaborating on a new loan program focused on telecommunications and broadband services, and companies serving Marcellus and Utica shale-related industries.

Northwest Savings Bank has launched a new site to help navigate the Marcellus and Utica shale plays, the Warren-based company said Tuesday.

In order to have the most complete offering of Marcellus and Utica oil and gas leases, it is important to have feet on the ground monitoring the fringe counties of these productive plays.

A convicted serial rapist faces life in prison without parole when he's sentenced in March for raping and strangling a central New York motel owner after hiding out in one of her vacant rooms.

Kent Moors, who directs the Energy Policy Research Group at Duquesne University, says these are the top factors for a company looking to locate an "ethane cracker" chemical plant.

As we debate production of natural gas from vast underground Marcellus and Utica shale deposits, we must consider the economic development our region will enjoy as a result.