Anne Danahy
ReporterAnne Danahy has been a reporter at WPSU since fall 2017. Before crossing over to radio, she was a reporter for more than 11 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she covered everything from school board races to the impact of natural gas development on communities.
She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a master's degree in media studies from Penn State.
Before joining WPSU, she worked as a writer and editor at Penn State's Office of Strategic Communications and, before that, at the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
She also hosts a Q&A program for C-NET, Centre County's government and education access station. She is married with cats.
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Pennsylvania's Performance Based Council has begun holding hearings on the best way to fund state-related universities Penn State, Pitt and Temple. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is collecting traffic data on Route 45 in Harris and Potter townships in Centre County, as part of a study focused on safety concerns on that stretch of road. -
Fox Township, in Elk County, received a grant for $1.6 million to build a new history and humanities center, which will include free wifi, a computer lab, a gift shop and a display area. -
State College is in the process of overhauling its zoning, and a vote by borough council to update the rules and mapping that govern what can be built and where could happen by the end of the year. -
The U.S. Farm Bill, which includes everything from crop insurance to nutrition assistance programs, has expired, but Congress has not been able to agree on a new five-year Farm Bill, raising concerns about what that could mean for its programs. -
Under new state and federal orders, cow milk in Pennsylvania is getting tested for bird flu at Penn State, with a goal of quickly finding and containing the virus if it does show up in dairy cows in Pennsylvania. -
If you go to the Alternative Christmas Fair in State College on Sunday, you won’t be browsing for things to buy, but for ways to give back. The fair features 31 nonprofit organizations, which shoppers can learn more about and contribute to. -
As cases of “walking pneumonia” have gone up in the United States this year, especially among children, doctors in central Pennsylvania are seeing rising numbers too. -
When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina in late September, the factory where more than half of the IV fluids in the U.S. are made was shut down. Now, hospitals, including those in central Pennsylvania, continue to face a shortage of IV fluids. -
Under an agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection over the presence of PFAS around the State College Regional Airport, Penn State has agreed to investigate and remediate the PFAS and pay part of DEP’s costs.
