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Cambria County outlines America250 events

EBENSBURG — Cambria County has a lot of important history tied to the United States’ semiquincentennial this year, according to Commissioner Keith Rager, who is part of the county’s America250PA committee. “Our area was big on coal and steel, and we did so many important things that helped our country be the country that we are,” Rager said, noting about 11% of the county’s adult population are military veterans, who’ve served the country throughout several conflicts — World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the Iraq War. This year’s 250-year ...

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau celebrates Beef Month

WARRIORS MARK — Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members gathered Thursday at Thistle Creek Farms to celebrate May being Beef Month. The event was hosted by farm owners George and Christy Lake. Lake, 79, is a 30-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He has transformed his family’s 600-acre farm, operated since 1919, into a nationally recognized regenerative, pasture-based livestock operation, producing a premium grass-fed beef brand. Beef Month emerged in the 1980s as part of state-led beef promotion efforts and grew alongside the federal Beef Checkoff program established in 1985, eventually ...

Consumer sticker shock lifts state tax collections

It’s no secret that things have gotten expensive. What may be less well known is that the sticker shock for consumers has been a bonus for the state budget as sales tax revenue has exceeded projections, the state Independent Fiscal Office said in a revenue update released Wednesday. In addition, better-than-expected corporate profits and stock performance are also providing a boost, Matt Knittel, the fiscal office’s director told reporters. A year ago, officials had expected that President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy would weigh on profits and stock prices. But the impact of ...

ACT announces 2026 ISAAC Award winners

It’s no secret — Altoona Area High School’s production of “The Secret Garden” claimed best production, best stage crew, best musical number and individual acting honors for lead actor in a male role and supporting actor in a female role during Altoona Community Theatre’s ISAAC ...

Progressives land big win in Philly primary

HARRISBURG — It looked like progressive Chris Rabb had a mountain to climb to win the Democratic nomination for a congressional district in Philadelphia. The mayor and the city’s Democratic Party had endorsed another candidate in this week’s primary. So had members of Penn­sylvania’s delegation in the U.S. House. One Rabb rival was backed by millions of dollars. A second benefited from a get-out-the-vote operation run by the influential local building trades unions. But Rabb finished 15 percentage points ahead of his closest competitor in Tuesday’s election, and the state ...

Details emerge of a potential Iran deal

CAIRO — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. They said details and timelines would be worked out ...