Salvation Army to open cooling center
The Salvation Army church at 1813 Sixth Ave., has again opened its doors as a cooling center for anyone who needs relief from the heat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 15.
State housing measures advance
The new state budget creates a database of public housing and two housing bills advanced as lawmakers wrapped up the spring legislative session. But no major initiatives to tackle the problem of affordable housing were enacted as part of the budget package. Proposals for a state tax credit for first-time homebuyers and using state bonds to pay for large housing development projects didn’t make it into the budget package. The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority (PHFA) is directed by the new Fiscal Code, Senate Bill 146, to maintain a searchable public database of housing financed ...
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau names Nagle as new president
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Vice President Tommy Nagle will assume the duties of president of the organization after the resignation of current President Chris Hoffman. Hoffman submitted a letter of resignation on Saturday, July 11, citing the acceptance of a new position and that he could not ...
Blair County holds disaster recovery event in Tyrone
TYRONE — A little stream that’s normally a trickle runs by the Catich house on Oak Street in Snyder Township, just beyond the northeast edge of Tyrone. The unnamed stream has never flooded during the nearly 60 years the family has lived there, including when Hurricane Agnes raged in 1972, but on the afternoon of Sunday, July 5, after an hour of torrential rain, the trickle became a river that spilled into the basement entryway of the Catich house, flexed open the bottom of the cellar door, filled the basement 6½-feet deep with water and ruined the house furnace and hot water ...
Ticker: Subaru issues recall for 541,000 SUVs
Subaru of America is recalling over 541,000 Crosstrek, Forester and Ascent vehicles in the U.S. due to an inaccurate label. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the cars were made with a certification label that incorrectly states their gross axle weight rating. The regulator warns this could lead to overloaded vehicles and increase crash risks. Subaru is unaware of any related crashes or injuries. Inflation cools more than expected in June U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while ...
Writers Guild seeks to block Paramount’s buyout of Warner
NEW YORK — The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit that seeks to block the merger on the grounds it would cause “specific harm” to movie and TV writers working across the U.S. A Paramount-Warner merger “threatens the economic and creative health of the American entertainment industry,” reads Tuesday’s federal complaint, which was filed by both the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly the WGA). The union argued that the ...