Operation LIPSTICK (Ladies Involved in Putting a Stop to Inner-City Killing), reaches out to women and teenage girls to warn them about the risks of making straw purchases — up to ten years in prison under federal law.

Some expect economic benefit from a casino in the works. Others question whether it will change the community.

The nuclear power plant will be "retired" at the end of September, but the state wants to support the four remaining plants.

How one state is fighting wildfires.

How one state is reinvesting in a century old method to fight wildfires.

Erie, Pennsylvania, strategically welcomed refugees when its population was shrinking. Now the White House is cutting their numbers.

New work requirements may change things for those who receive food and housing assistance in the Pennsylvania city.

About a decade ago, some in this country saw fracking as the solution to decades of economic decline. But others were determined to stop it.

Tourism economy around natural beauty is starting to replace extractive industries in some former West Virginia and PA coal towns.

There's a new mayor in Erie, Penn., for the first time in 12 years.