Centre County Gazette

3 days ago | statecollege.com | John Hook

There have been a lot of momentous things happening lately here in Happy Valley!One of those was that last week PennDOT announced its recommendation for where the long-debated U.S. 322 four-lane highway connection would go through the valley to match up the highways ending in Potters Mills and Boalsburg.

5 days ago | statecollege.com | Danielle Blake

This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. PA CareerLink and the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County are partnering to host a free job fair for the community, featuring more than 75 local employers, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, at C3 Sports, 200 Ellis Place, State College. The career fair will feature a wide variety of employment opportunities from entry-level to experienced, hybrid positions, remote positions, full-time positions and part-time positions.

6 days ago | statecollege.com | Kate Huangpu

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House took a major step toward legalizing recreational cannabis Wednesday, passing a bill along party linesthat would permit the sale to adults at state-owned stores.

1 week ago | statecollege.com | Geoff Rushton

The State College Area School Board on Monday heard an updated cost estimate and got a look at tentative designs for the planned new Park Forest Middle School. Current estimated costs for the 270,000-square-foot building on Little Lion Drive are $127.9 million to $136.9 million including site work, construction, escalation estimates, soft costs and contingencies, according to a presentation by Jeff Straub of project architect Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates.

1 week ago | statecollege.com | Geoff Rushton

Local letter carriers will once again join a nationwide effort to battle food insecurity with the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday. Post offices in State College, Bellefonte, Boalsburg, Lemont and Pine Grove Mills will be participating in the collection. Residents are asked to leave non-perishable food items at their mailboxes or drop them off at their local post office.