Congress earmarked $90 million to test a program for restoring land wrecked by underground fires and picked Carbondale as its proving ground. The project will get $2 million in economic development funding and possibly more down the road.

Retal PA, LLC is building a U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility in Donora Borough, PA. The company will invest more than $15 million in the project and create 88 new, high-paying, jobs over the next three years.

A western PA development firm has proposed to demolish two community schools and fill the spaces with townhouses. Development would begin as soon as 2018 if the group is successful in receiving Low Income Housing Tax Credits.

Last month, Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development offered Amazon $5 million from the Pennsylvania First program, $15 million in job-creation tax credits, plus $2.25 million in employee training - so long as Amazon creates 5,000 more jobs over the next three years.

The tech landscape in Pennsylvania is rapidly expanding. Companies large and small from across the country and the world are finding many areas throughout the state that they can call home.

The PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship Inc. has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission through the POWER Initiative to assist with nature tourism cluster development in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

Members of the Springfield Township Municipal Authority met Monday morning to review the latest details on the two proposals that are on the table: Expanding through the Buhl Community Water Co. or building a standalone system.

The Jeannette Glass site and Westmoreland Manor will benefit from $18.5 million the Westmoreland County commissioners agreed to borrow.

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