Artificial Intelligence

A school in Northcentral Pennsylvania will have an expanding role in the future of artificial intelligence. Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer two new minors starting in the fall: Artificial Intelligence in Industry & Society and Artificial Intelligence Foundations & Applications.

A 62-mile trail through Lycoming and Tioga counties is Pennsylvania’s 2026 Trail of the Year. The Pine Creek Rail Trail stretches from Jersey Shore to Wellsboro.

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the Republican Party’s endorsed challenger to Gov. Josh Shapiro in this year’s election, suggested Monday that Pennsylvania’s rural communities would be good locations for new data centers built to power artificial intelligence technologies.

Pike has been Pennsylvania’s only county without a hospital or a primary care center. That changed on Monday. Northwell Health unveiled its new primary and immediate care center in Dingmans Ferry, which will be open to residents and visitors in January.

Another hearing was held in the substantive validity challenge against Clifton Twp.'s zoning ordinance for data centers.

Two of three Clifton Township supervisors voting against settling a zoning issue with developers seeking to build a massive data center in the North Pocono area.

The Clifton Twp. Zoning Hearing Board listened to arguments as to whether or not the township's zoning law excluded data centers as a use.

The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats Policy Committee hearing at Marywood University focused on the impacts, operations and policy considerations of data centers.

The Democratic Policy Committee will hold a hearing on data centers on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at Marywood University.

Clifton Twp. residents voiced their concerns about a proposed large-scale data during during a public meeting Thursday.