Susquehanna River

It was supposed to be a day full of fun for Inquirer reporter Erin McCarthy, but it was the total opposite when she found herself fighting for survival during a rafting excursion.

When the Conowingo Dam opened to fanfare nearly a century ago, the massive wall of concrete and steel began its job of harnessing water power in northern Maryland. It also quietly provided a side benefit: trapping sediment and silt before it could flow miles downstream and pollute the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary.

Gov. Tom Wolf kicked off his second term Tuesday with a call for Pennsylvanians to work together to build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous future.

Authorities have released the name of a woman killed in a boating accident that injured her boyfriend and left their 3-year-old daughter missing.

After a boat capsized Monday and left one woman dead and a 3-year-old-missing, crews searched the Susquehanna River Tuesday for that child.

Two bald eagles with their talons locked were rescued from a Pennsylvania river.

Olympic cycling gold medalist Marty Nothstein is the latest to announce he’s running for the eastern Pennsylvania congressional seat being vacated by fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Dent.

A coroner says a Pennsylvania woman died after twice jumping from the same bridge.

Authorities say an 8-year-old boy has died at a hospital after he was pulled from a Pennsylvania river.

A coroner says a homeless man may have been asleep when he was swept to his death in a river in Pennsylvania.

A 66-year-old avid kayaker missing for two days on the Susquehanna River in southern Pennsylvania has been found dead.

The unexpected wave of support in Pennsylvania for President-elect Donald Trump has Republicans hoping it signals a deeper, long-term shift to the GOP in the battleground state, though the election underscored growing political dichotomies that may defy that trend.

Firefighters at the scene reported several buildings on fire.

A day after campaigning in Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said the Harrisburg area reminded him of a war zone because of the disappearance of major factories.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are focusing on Pennsylvania, a key state in the 2016 presidential race. NBC10’s Mitch Blacher takes a look at the strategy both campaigns are using.

Biologists are confirming the first case of cancer in a smallmouth bass caught in the Susquehanna River.

The body of a 74-year-old man reported missing last month has been found in a central Pennsylvania river.

State police say an Ohio man has drowned after falling into a central Pennsylvania river while walking on a railroad bridge to a nearby camp.

Fire investigators are trying to determine what started a blaze that ripped through a nearly 140-year-old central Pennsylvania prison, prompting the evacuation of more than 200 inmates.