With Black Friday just around the corner and the holiday shopping season to follow, merchants and shoppers are facing an uncertain season. “In a year that has been full of uncertainty, this will be a historic holiday season with no playbook for economists to follow,” said National Retail ...
An individual who attended Mass and volunteered recently at a Cambria County parish has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The person attended Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 18 at Holy Family Parish in Portage, according to a news release from Tony DeGol, director of communications for the diocese. The individual also volunteered with the parish’s basket drawing in the parish hall on Oct. 17, 18, 19 and 22. Both the Holy Family church and parish hall have undergone additional cleaning and sanitizing. In continued alignment with public health ...
The daily count of new coronavirus cases statewide has been climbing, and on Friday, it reached its highest level for the entire pandemic at 2,219 -- exceeding by 160 the previous high in early April. The fall surge, coupled with the spring surge, makes the state Department of Health’s graphic for daily new cases resemble a mountain with two peaks, and it is cause for worry, according to a department spokeswoman. “We are significantly concerned,” Maggi Mumma said in an email Friday. It’s likely Friday’s peak is just a waystop to a higher level, Mumma said. “It is ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply different visions of how to handle the surging pandemic and fought over how much Trump pays in taxes during their final debate of a tumultuous campaign. With Trump trailing and needing to change the campaign’s trajectory, the debate could prove pivotal though more than 46 million votes already have been cast and there are fewer undecided voters than at this point in previous election years. The debate did not feature the repeated angry interruptions of the candidates’ other ...
The state Department of Human Services this week urged the General Assembly to renew the Regional Response Health Collaborative program, in which hospitals help nursing, personal care and assisted living facilities contend with the coronavirus, because the program is set to expire Dec. 1. The Presbyterian Village and The Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg have taken advantage of the assistance and appreciate it, according to officials with those homes. “We’ve relied on (the program) as a resource to help with some of our planning,” said Jeremy Schrader, executive director of the ...
HARRISBURG — Grant funding for energy efficiency and pollution prevention projects for small business owners and farmers is still available from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection through the Small Business Advantage Grant program. “This grant program was created with small businesses and farmers in mind,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. “There are tremendous monetary savings available to Pennsylvania’s small business owners by installing energy-efficient equipment, such as boilers, LED lighting and Energy Star certified heating, ventilation and air ...
