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Low-interest loans available for residents impacted by flooding

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Low-interest loans are now available through the U.S. Small Business Administration for Pennsylvanians impacted by the July 5-6 flooding in Blair County, and surrounding Bedford, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and Huntingdon counties. A Disaster Loan Outreach Center is now open at the Tyrone Borough building to allow people to apply for a Small Business Administration low interest loan and the Commonwealth Disaster Recovery Assistance Program grant. The office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the borough municipal officers, ...

Van Zandt VA Medical Center receives funds for improvements

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The Van Zandt VA Medical Center received funding for nonrecurring maintenance projects in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funding earlier in the year. The funding is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve health care facilities in FY2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-recurring Maintenance program. Funding projects for JEVZ VAMC in the third quarter of FY2026 are: - Electronic health record modernization activities, $224,294 - Electrical system improvements to support long-term reliability and ...

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While legislators from both chambers have proposed legalizing skill games in recent years, nonprofits who rely on revenue from the devices fear it may disappear because of a mid-October deadline created by a Supreme Court decision. The estimated 70,000 devices scattered around the state are unregulated and untaxed. The court decision issued in mid-June declared them to be illegal gambling devices, but the court stayed the decision for 120 days to allow them to come up with a solution. In Dauphin County, Lisa Iskric is the manager of the Steelton American Legion, a nonprofit which ...

Portage Borough plans to purchase body cams, license reader

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PORTAGE — Borough officials are moving forward a Local Share Account grant they secured last year to purchase two police body cameras, software packages and one license plate reader. Borough Manager Makayla Zonfrilli-Lang said the grant was applied for and awarded last year. However, ...

Second man gets life in prison for role in Clearfield bombing

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JOHNSTOWN -- A second Clearfield County man convicted in a 2019 bombing that killed 34-year-old Shawna Carlson of Clearfield was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines imposed Kris J. Nevling's sentence and told him that she was appalled by his ...

Clearfield man sentenced to life in prison for 2019 bombing

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JOHNSTOWN — The Clearfield County man convicted in a 2019 bombing that leveled a Clearfield apartment building and killed 34-year-old Shawna Carlson was sentenced this morning to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines imposed Clint Addleman's sentence and called it "possibly ...