05/18/11 Chesapeake also fined for fire at well site. by Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy more than $1 million on Tuesday, the states largest fine ever to an oil and gas company. In a statement, the Department of Environmental Protection said Chesapeakes drilling operations [1] had contaminated water supplies for 16 families in Bradford County.The announcement ...
05/17/11 HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) nearly $1.09 million for contaminating the drinking water of 16 families with natural gas, and, separately, for an explosion at a condensate storage tank.
05/17/11 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday levied the largest fine in state history against an oil or gas company, sending what it called a "clear message" to Chesapeake Energy after several recent violations. The energy behemoth, already facing a lawsuit from Maryland over an unrelated spill, is to ...
05/12/11 When outgoing Clairton schools superintendent Lucille Abellonio hands the baton to incoming superintendent Wayde Killmeyer on July 1, it will be for a relay race across a rocky path.
05/11/11 This article has been read 0 times. Washington clinched a WPIAL Class AA playoff berth by sweeping a Section 2 doubleheader over Charleroi, 6-4 and 15-2, at Veterans Memorial Field. The latter game was in six innings.
04/30/11 May 1 Adventurous Hike. Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown. Moderate, dog-friendly and steep 4-mile trail loop visits historic remnants. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $10, $6 Venture Outdoors member. 412-255-0564, www.ventureoutdoors.org .
04/29/11 Two men who were severely burned in a natural gas fire two months ago in Washington County claim in a lawsuit that lax oversight of Marcellus Shale gas drillers in Pennsylvania contributed to their injuries.
04/28/11 Two workers who were injured in an explosion at a Marcellus shale natural gas drilling site in Washington County sued the operating company, claiming it ignored safety standards.
04/27/11 Other best bets in the region include the Fort Pitt Museum opening a new display "The American Frontier Rifleman: Tall Tales & Truth" just in time for the NRA convention this weekend.
04/25/11 Wellsburg Lions planning event Area residents are invited to an evening of food and fellowship during which they will have an opportunity to win one of several cash prizes while helping a cause whose reach extends from the local community...
04/22/11 HARRISBURG, Pa., April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection today announced that it has awarded more than $538,000 in Environmental Education Grants to 102 non-profits, schools, universities and conservation districts across Pennsylvania.
04/18/11 This article has been read 7514 times. The Robinson Township driver who ran head-on into another vehicle in Mt. Pleasant Township nearly a year ago, killing two college students, was sentenced Monday to 3 to 6 years in prison in an emotional court proceeding.
04/15/11 This article has been read 0 times. Doubles from Chickie Brandy and Ashley Darabant in the bottom of the seventh inning ignited a four-run rally as Mt. Lebanon defeated Canon-McMillan, 5-4, Thursday in Section 4-AAA.
04/11/11 broad coalition of organizations descended on the New York State Capitol today to call on state leaders and elected officials to safeguard vital water resources, public health, and the environment from dirty gas drilling by means of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking."
04/02/11 AVELLA -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said a company failed to properly manage flammable byproducts that caused a gas-well fire that injured three workers in February.
04/02/11 AVELLA, Pa. - Officials with Chesapeake Energy are working with state and federal regulators to prevent blasts like the one that rocked Avella, Pa., in February.
04/01/11 AVELLA, Pa. -- The Department of Environmental Protection said a company failed to properly manage flammable byproducts that caused a Washington County, Pa., gas well fire that injured three workers in February.
04/01/11 Associated Press - April 1, 2011 11:35 AM ET AVELLA, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says a company failed to properly manage flammable byproducts that caused...
04/01/11 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says a company failed to properly manage flammable byproducts that caused a gas-well fire that injured three workers in February.
04/01/11 AVELLA, Pa. - Chesapeake Energy officials are working with state and federal regulators to prevent blasts like the one that rocked Avella, Pa., in February. | 
