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Cookies, dinosaurs come together in Altoona

I Heart Cookies, a food truck featuring deep dish cookies and a dinosaur experience, will be at Lowe’s, 1707 McMahon Road, from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4. Massive animatronic dinosaurs will be on hand for selfies, photos and entertainment. According to the cookie company’s Facebook post, the exhibit will feature two massive T-Rex, gigantic triceratops, five raptors — including “Blue” — a stegosaurus, two dimorphodontia, a 10-foot T-Rex, baby triceratops, baby stygimoloch, baby alosaurous and baby raptor. There will also be a raptor enclosure and dinos for kids to sit, play ...

FNB adds business platform

PITTSBURGH FNB adds business platform F.N.B. Corporation and its banking subsidiary, First National Bank, announced the addition of business deposit products to the eStore Common application. Customers can now use one universal application for both business and personal bank accounts — affirming the company’s leadership in digital innovation that is reshaping the financial services industry. The release of business deposit products in the eStore Common app — and the continued ability to apply for multiple consumer loan and deposit products via one experience — makes it even ...

UPMC, GoHealth introduce partnership for urgent care

A new partnership organization comprising elements of UPMC and GoHealth Urgent Care on Tuesday celebrated the recent opening of 81 UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care centers — including the former MedExpress on Plank Road near Union Avenue. With the partnership, UPMC has quickly accelerated its foray into urgent care, via the purchase of 86 MedExpress centers — all such locations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia and some in Virginia — along with the rebranding of its own 22 UPMC urgent care centers, according to Jim Griesi, vice president of operations for GoHealth Urgent Care. Instead ...

CBICC joins Business for Federal Research Funding Coalition

STATE COLLEGE CBICC joins coalition The Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County has joined the Business for Federal Research Funding Coalition, a growing, nonpartisan alliance of more than 70 business organizations and chambers of commerce across 33 states. Federal research investments drive innovation, economic growth and job creation, supporting breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine, and fueling local economies. In 2024 alone, NIH grants produced $94.5 billion in economic activity nationwide and supported over 400,000 jobs. According to Penn State University’s ...

Unemployment rates for June 2025

Current month Previous month One year ago Blair County 3.8% 3.8% 3.5% Bedford County 4.2% 4.0% 3.8% Cambria County 4.5% 4.5% 4.3% Centre County 3.0% 3.1% 2.8% Clearfield County 4.5% 4.3% 3.0% Huntingdon County 4.7% 4.7% 4.5% State 4.0% 3.9% 3.6% National 4.1% 4.2% 4.1% State High/Low Lowest unemployment Centre, Montour 3.0% Highest unemployment Forest 6.3% County unemployment rates are adjusted for seasonal effects, including holidays, weather and the school year. Source: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, State Department of ...

WPSU-FM honored with multiple awards for outstanding journalism

STATE COLLEGE — WPSU-FM is the recipient of multiple state and national awards for outstanding work in radio journalism, including honors for use of sound and environmental reporting. The station received a 2025 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters award and three awards from the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA), reflecting WPSU-FM’s commitment to high-quality, community-centered reporting. Among the PMJA honors, news director Emily Reddy earned first place for her use of sound and reporter Anne Danahy was given second place for her feature story that explored ...