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Penn State to sell 2 closed campuses for $6.25M

STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State Board of Trustees on Friday voted to approve the sale of two closing campuses to private development firms. The 12.7-acre Penn State Shenango campus in Mercer County will be sold to JCL Development for $1 million, and the 57.3-acre Wilkes-Barre campus in Luzerne County will be sold to HGC Development for $5.25 million. The decision marks the first real estate action taken by the university to sell any of the seven commonwealth campuses slated for closure in 2027. The other campuses are DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, and York. The board in ...

Penn Highlands Community College weighs relocation from Logan Valley Mall

EBENSBURG — With its lease in the Logan Valley Mall set to expire in December 2027, Penn Highlands Community College is considering the possibility of relocating its Blair Center after being awarded $1.9 million from the state Department of Education, said Steve Nunez, the community ...

Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission to try paying refs in cash

The Central Blair Recreation and Park Commission will conduct a pilot program designed to determine whether paying referees in cash will help alleviate a referee shortage. Commission referees now must wait up to two weeks for checks to be deposited into their accounts, according to Executive ...

Governors urge AI regulation

A growing chorus of red and blue state governors is urging Congress to regulate frontier artificial intelligence, as concerns intensify over the technology’s potential to cause catastrophic harm. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat up for re-election in November, was the latest to join the call for federal action in a keynote speech last week at the AI Horizons 2026 Summit in Pittsburgh, saying it does so “for nearly every other industry that significantly impacts our lives.” The bipartisan demands for federal guardrails follow a series of incidents over the past two ...

Verobish to host car seat safety event

Parents and guardians of young children are invited to have their car seats checked for safety and proper installation at the child safety seat inspection event from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, hosted by Rep. Andrea Verobish, R-Blair. The free event will be held at the AAA Altoona office, 1634 Valley View Blvd., Altoona. Certified technicians will be on-site to inspect individual car seats and check if they are fit for use. Verobish is hosting the event in partnership with PennDOT, AAA and Pennsylvania State Police. Participants are encouraged to bring their child, safety seats, ...

Hollidaysburg man gets probation for child sex assault

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg man who admitted to sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child beginning when he was about 13 was sentenced Monday afternoon to 10 years’ probation after the victim asked the judge for leniency. Cory Lee Matley, 27, faced three felony charges each of rape and ...