Centre Access

Saturday, May 9, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 8) This week on Centre Access: A look at what could come next for the SCI Rockview land after the prison's March closure. Months after a burst pipe at The Maxxen, residents are still displaced and frustrated. A local developer lays out his vision to remake the Nittany Mall. The Pennsylvania House passes a bill that would let PIAA split public and private s...

Saturday, May 2, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 7) This week on Centre Access, News Lab reporters share their months-long investigation into rising vaccination exemption rates across rural Pennsylvania — and what's behind the return of measles. We also cover Centre County's mixed grades in the American Lung Association's annual air quality report, a $300,000 state grant boosting youth mental health prog...

Saturday, April 25, 2025 (Season 1 | Episode 6) This week on Centre Access: a News Lab team examines how America's official homelessness count falls short, especially in rural communities. Detainees at Pennsylvania's largest immigration detention facility launched a hunger strike over conditions inside. A look at the automated license plate reader cameras quietly rolling out on and around Universi...

Saturday, April 18, 2026 | (Season 1, Episode 5) This week on Centre Access: the State College and Bellefonte school districts propose tax increases for 2026–27, with officials pointing to rising personnel and special education costs. Governor Josh Shapiro stops in State College and takes questions on data center development and the state's maternal healthcare crisis. The Pennsylvania Supreme Cour...

Saturday, April 11, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 4) This week on Centre Access: escalating tensions between the U.S., Israel, and Iran drove up gas and fertilizer costs affecting Pennsylvania farmers and consumers, Millheim residents near Bellefonte continue to deal with a weeks-long boil water advisory as officials work to repair aging infrastructure, business owners at the Nittany Mall are hopeful t...

Saturday, April 4, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 3) This week on Centre Access: This week on Centre Access, we have an exclusive preview of a Centre Documenters and News Lab CATAbus report. We also cover a deadly house fire in Spring Township, the sentencing of a Centre County preschool teacher convicted of child endangerment, thousands turning out for the 'No Kings' Day protest in State College, a thi...

Saturday, March 28, 2026 (Season 1 | Episode 2) This week on Centre Access: Pennsylvania debates legalizing marijuana and the hundreds of millions it could bring in. AI is showing up in political campaigns in ways that might surprise you. Trout season is almost here, and there are new spots to fish in Centre County. Local groups want a say in what happens to Rockview's 5,700 acres. We check in on...

Saturday, March 21, 2025 (Season 1 | Episode 1) This week on Centre Access: a bureaucratic snag threatens Pennsylvania's $700 million broadband plan, Penn State's president faces lawmakers over campus closures, ICE operations stir tension in Bellefonte, a new University of Pittsburgh initiative takes on the rural dental care shortage, a Millheim barber shop marks 75 years, and a roundup of what's...

Centre Access is coming! A weekly podcast bringing you a recap of news from Centre County. You can expect to hear from us every Saturday morning with 6 stories and a Centre Documenters local government update. Our first episode drops Saturday, March 21st. Along with it, we're releasing five pre-season back episodes so you can get a sense of what we bring you each week. Centre Access serves YOU, th...

Saturday, March 7, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-Season Episode) This week on Centre Access: Penn State moves to sell the State College Regional Airport to the Centre County Airport Authority, a collaborative solar energy project years in the making collapses amid tariffs and shifting economics, Happy Valley Casino launches a paid dealer training program ahead of its spring opening, new details emerge on w...

Saturday, February 28, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-Season Episode) This week on Centre Access: a judge recommends a forced sale of Rock Spring Water Company after years of infrastructure failures, College Township gets ahead of a state bill by updating its zoning ordinance for potential AI data centers, Centre Safe launches its annual Twilight Dinners fundraiser with a $20,000 goal, the People's Choice F...

Saturday, February 21, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-season Episode)  This week on Centre Access: Pennsylvania's rape crisis centers will see no budget increase under Governor Shapiro's latest proposal — including Centre Safe right here in Centre County; State College Borough Council tables a resolution calling for ICE reform after a heated debate; an immigration judge denies bond for Subu Vedam, the State...

Saturday, February 14, 2026 (Season 1 | Pre-Season Episode) This week on Centre Access: Subramanyam Vedam, the State College man who spent more than four decades in prison on a now-overturned murder conviction, remains in ICE custody as his legal fight shifts to immigration court; a Penn State student is on life support after a hit-and-run in downtown State College; three Centre County townships p...