Exelon says it will close Three Mile Island's Unit 1 reactor in September 2019. Unit 2 has been shuttered since a partial meltdown in 1979.
Joe Ulrich / WITF
Exelon says it will close Three Mile Island's Unit 1 reactor in September 2019. Unit 2 has been shuttered since a partial meltdown in 1979.
Joe Ulrich / WITF
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Opponents of nuclear energy say we’ll never really know the truth about Three Mile Island’s partial meltdown. Ivey DeJesus captured their stance on video in this PennLive post.
Today, @witfnews will tweet as if the TMI accident is happening in real time, courtesy of digital manager Lisa Wardle. You can follow along to experience the changing status and confusion as the events unfolded.
To listen to a re-telling of the event as it happened, check out this podcast from WITF’s Tim Lambert and PennLive’s John Luciew.
State College is grappling with the borough’s first known fatal shooting by police. Officers shot and killed 29-year-old Osaze Osagie after he allegedly threatened them with a knife. Police were making a mental health check on Osagie. Anne Danahy has this update for WPSU.
Pittsburgh City Council voted through a firearms ordinance. It needs another approval before becoming law — and if that happens, there could be wider implications. WESA’s Ariel Worthy explains.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is in big financial trouble: Next year, the agency is expected to have accumulated more debt “than the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – from all other sources,” according state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. How does that even happen? Find out in this story by WITF’s Rachel McDevitt.
The days of journalism’s one-way street of simply producing stories for the public have long been over. Now, it’s time to find better ways to interact with you and ensure we meet your high standards of what a credible media organization should be.