NEW YORK — Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous. Officials in many cities urged residents to stay inside or wear ...
EBENSBURG — Several senior centers in Cambria County are expected to reduce days of operation, while the Portage Borough center is tentatively set to close Aug. 3, as part of a broader effort to consolidate services into fewer locations, officials said in a release. With limited funding in the state budget and participation at senior centers declining significantly over the years, Cambria County President Commissioner Scott Hunt said it’s a move that will allow for expanded programming, enhanced resources and stronger long-term sustainability for the communities the senior centers ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to once again raise doubts about the results of past elections. Trump began Thursday night with a stark warning about what he described as flaws in the voting system and said he was releasing previously ...
Lawmakers set new policy for schools in areas ranging from eating disorders to cyberbullying under the new School Code enacted Sunday. The School Code (House Bill 1505) drives out hundreds of millions of dollars of state funding to school districts for big ticket items like the Basic Education Subsidy, adequacy funding, special education, early education, Career and Technical Education and school safety. But it has an impact on policy affecting students, teachers and parents as well. HB1505 guards access to early childhood education. “The legislation amends the Public School Code ...
Local and state officials gathered in Bedford County Thursday to break ground on the planned Bette Brown Slayton Business Park. State Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger joined state Rep. Jesse Topper, R-Bedford, Bedford County Development Association ...
A prison sentence of 16.5 to 56 years imposed on an Idaho man who pleaded to 11 counts of online sexual exploitation of a Hollidaysburg-area child is not excessive, according to a ruling handed down Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The sentence was imposed last year by Blair County ...
