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Ticker: Trump took in $1.2B from crypto last year

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President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Monday shows. Trump got more than $500 million from his World Liberty Financial business selling new crypto products, including “governance tokens,” according to the required annual disclosure report. It also showed another crypto business, CIC Digital LLC, took in more than $600 million from sales of souvenir-type “meme” coins stamped with his face. Both have plunged in value since the sales. US stocks rise and trim their losses for June U.S. stocks rose ...

Norfolk Southern issues alert ahead of Big Boy visit

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Norfolk Southern officials are asking Big Boy viewers to keep mainline access roads clear when the locomotive is coming through. Anyone who parks at the entrance of an access road to the Norfolk Southern mainline — so they can walk to the tracks to see the Big Boy steam locomotive as it passes through our area between July 8 and 11 — should make sure their vehicles don’t block the entrance. It’s possible the road may be needed for emergency vehicles or railroad equipment, according to an NS spokesperson.

Blair County approves labor contracts with union employees

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners recently approved separate contracts with two groups of unionized employees. A three-year contract addressing wages and benefits for unionized personnel at the county prison, as approved June 25 by commissioners Dave Kessling and Amy Webster, introduces a 15-step wage scale and a retroactive effective date of Jan. 1. That scale sets a starting hourly wage of $23.50 for corrections officers and pay increases per step, to maximum hourly pay of $30.50. It also sets a starting hourly wage of $25 for sergeants, with pay increases per step, to a ...

Tax cut to lower energy bills may impact state budget

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HARRISBURG — Responding to public anger over soaring energy costs, Pennsylvania lawmakers in both parties have voted in support of a massive tax cut that would lower electric bills for customers across the state — although they have said little publicly about how to pay for the $1.7 ...

Pennsylvania has been prepping for 250th

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Pennsylvania has been fighting, spending and planting its way toward July 4 for years. The state sued the Trump administration to protect $18 million in security funding. Philadelphia has committed $620 million. And a secret society of Freemasons quietly planted a liberty tree in all 67 ...

Prince Gallitzin targets aquatic invasive species

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Prince Gallitzin State Park will be participating in the annual Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week and the “Landing Blitz” watercraft inspections on Saturday and Sunday, July 4-5, at the Beaver Valley Marina launch. Hundreds of organizations across the Great Lakes region will be coming together to educate boaters and the public about the risks of spreading aquatic invasive species (AIS) during the annual Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz. As part of the Landing Blitz, inspectors will be at the Beaver Valley boat launch to educate boaters on how to prevent the spread of AIS, ways ...