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Ag Career Days returns to Blair County

The Altoona Blair County Development Corporation, in partnership with the Blair County Chamber’s Agriculture Committee, is celebrating the return of the Agriculture Career Days event. This year, the event will be held on Oct. 7 and 8 at the Morrisons Cove Memorial Park in Martinsburg. The event is open to all the seventh grade students in the Blair County public schools. The students will view 14 stations where professionals in the agriculture industry give presentations on what their jobs are and what type of schooling they had to get for that career. The careers range from ...

Ticker: AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council

Artificial intelligence insiders are warning New York City’s leaders about dangers of the emerging technology, calling for greater oversight as local governments move to respond to mounting safety concerns. At a hearing of the New York City Council on Monday, recently departed employees of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind said the biggest tech companies are racing to create technology they do not understand how to control. With the Trump administration taking a passive approach and Congress proving itself inactive, state and city governments have been considering ways to regulate ...

Puerto Rico faces a record electric rate

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A record electric rate went into effect Thursday in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the U.S. territory’s power grid continues to crumble. A residential customer that consumes 800 kilowatt-hours a month will see the monthly bill rise about 18%, from $229 to ...

Workplace — Oct. 3-4

New hires and promotions Patrick Kellogg has been named Vice President for Advancement and Engagement at Mount Aloysius College. Kellogg’s responsibilities will include overseeing and guiding all development and alumni relations activities for the college. Kellogg comes to Mount Aloysius from Trinity Washington University, where he has served as Vice President and Chief Development Officer since 2020. In addition to holding key positions at the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, and Vassar College, Kellogg also founded and led an advancement consulting ...

CD rates — Oct. 3-4

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