The state Department of Agriculture and the state Tourism Office recently launched the 2026 Scooped Ice Cream Trail during a visit to Lapp Valley Creamery in New Holland, Lancaster County. “Year after year, the Ice Cream Trail reminds us of what makes Pennsylvania agriculture so special: ...
A House committee approved legislation Tuesday changing how utilities charge rates in hopes of reducing electric bills. The Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee voted 17-9 for House Bill 2224 sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, limiting rates of return for utilities. The committee delayed a scheduled vote on House Bill 2184 sponsored by Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-Chester, requiring state utility regulators to consider the public interest in rate cases. HB2224 is among a number of energy bills moving in the Democratic-controlled House. Their ...
BEDFORD — The history of America lives and breathes in Bedford County, that’s why when the state presented counties with a list of things to do to help celebrate the nation’s Semiquincentennial, local America250 organizers could easily tick off the items. “Bedford County does this ...
Jordan Day and her 3-year-old Great Pyrenees “Dingo,” both of Philipsburg, float on their paddle board near the dam of Glendale Lake at Prince Gallitzin State Park on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
A breast cancer diagnosis didn’t come as a surprise to Altoona resident Joanne Sassano. “There’s a big history in my family,” she said, as not only was her mother diagnosed with breast cancer, but so were her aunts on both sides of her family. Her maternal cousin was diagnosed with ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and Iran traded fire Monday in their first attacks since the U.S. struck a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. The Iranian military said hours later that it was halting offensive operations as the renewed hostilities threatened to drag the Middle East ...
