Citizens Voice From using non-toxic oil for drilling to installing three levels of blowout prevention, Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc. is trying to ensure nothing happens at its first exploratory gas well site that isn't supposed to.

Press & Sun-Bulletin Chesapeake Energy is paying for upgrades to two Bradford County roads to accommodate heavy-truck traffic related to its Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling operations in the region.

Tribune-Review Workers looking for jobs in the region's booming natural gas industry may try their hand as a "roustabouts" -- general laborers who work physically grueling 12-hour shifts for 14 consecutive days in all kinds of weather to build and remove drilling pads and assist production.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Former Gov. Tom Ridge this afternoon called Marcellus Shale gas production a "transformative opportunity" for Pennsylvania during an appearance Downtown in his new role as a strategic adviser to an industry group.

WNEP-TV The natural gas industry is booming in many parts of our area and one company is trying to educate the public with a community picnic held Saturday near Montrose. Cabot Oil and Gas has more than 100 gas wells in Susquehanna County and at Montrose Area high school, the company and other contractors brought in equipment, had demonstrations and more to show the community exactly what they do and how they do it.

Lock Haven Express Chances are by now you've heard of the Marcellus Shale. And if so, maybe you're familiar with the once-in-a-generation kind of opportunity that the responsible development of the natural gas that resides within it presents for not only Clinton County and Pennsylvania, but our entire country and every single man, woman and child who lives here.

Williamsport Sun-Gazette When ground was broken last August on a cement mixing plant owned by Halliburton off Route 405 in Clinton Township, company officials promised they would bring jobs to this area. The company is making good on that promise, said Perry A. Harris, senior district manager for Halliburton's northeast U.S. operations.

Scranton Times-Tribune At its peak, the Pennsylvania Railroad controlled more than 10,000 miles of rail line, employed more than 250,000 Americans, and had an annual budget that exceeded that of the federal government. And despite all that, it might not have even been the best railroad in the state.