The Allegheny, Lackawaxen and Youghiogheny are up for River of the Year. The group that nominated the winning river will get $10,000 for a river project.
Two lawmakers plan to introduce legislation requiring state parks and forests to have signs providing suicide awareness information and the suicide hotline.
Ben Wasserstein is the Capitol Bureau Chief for WITF in Harrisburg. He previously worked for The Post and Courier, Richmond Magazine in Virginia and City and State NY.