On Monday, Feb. 11, Gov. Tom Wolf announced $9.6 million in PAsmart Advancing Computer Science and STEM Education Grants will be distributed to 23 entities across Pennsylvania to expand Computer Science/STEM education. The Spring Cove School...

Several Greenfield Township residents attended the supervisor’s regular monthly meeting on Feb. 5 to express displeasure over damage to mailboxes that occurred from a township plow truck during a recent weather event. One of the residents said...

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn recently announced the Mid State Trail has been named Pennsylvania’s 2019 Trail of the Year. “Showcasing some of our state’s most scenic areas, and offering hikers...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has accused healthcare provider UPMC of violating its obligations to patients as a charity organization and is suing to force the nonprofit to come to an agreement with rival Highmark. Highmark,...

The Pa. Department of Revenue on Feb. 6 issued a reminder to taxpayers to watch for scams that are used by criminals to steal money and personal financial information. One scam involves phony “Final Demand For Payment” notices mailed to...

Martinsburg Borough Council is looking to establish a Police Civil Service Commission to hire a third full-time police officer. During the Feb. 4 meeting, councilmembers approved having representatives from the Beard Legal Group, Altoona, at the...

Trooper John Brown of the Pennsylvania State Police addressed the Taylor Township Board of Supervisors at their monthly meeting on Monday, Feb. 4. Brown explained an officer is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if anyone in the township would...

The Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School has scheduled kindergarten registration for Thursday and Friday, April 4-5. To be eligible for the 2019-20 kindergarten class, a child must be 5 years old before July 1, 2019. If you have a child who is...

The monthly Christian Singles fellowship gathering will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, at Hoss’s Steak & Sea House in Duncansville. Attendees will gather in the restaurant’s banquet room. “Come and bring a friend, and relax with good...

Stiffler McGraw engineer John Clabaugh reported to the Williamsburg Municipal Authority that all state Dept. of Environmental Protection objections from last month have been addressed and all permits were issued for the upcoming municipal authority...

Andrew Helmer, a Cove Forge Behavioral Health Center representative, attended the Feb. 7 Woodbury Township meeting to say that Cove Forge has agreed to remove the ropes course out of the township’s right-of-way. The presence of the ropes course on...

Zachariah Richardson of Williamsburg discussed his proposed Eagle Scout project with Williamsburg Borough council members during the Feb. 4 meeting. Richardson said he would like to use the old plaques that used to be displayed at the entry way of...

Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are five cents more expensive this week at $2.512 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Only three Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states have more expensive gas price averages on the week,...

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will host its second annual Agricultural Safety Expo from 9 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m., Feb. 22, at the Snider Agricultural Arena on the University Park campus. The free event will feature workshops...

The Williamsburg Community School District will conduct its annual kindergarten registration on Friday, March 15. Any child living in the district who will be 5 years old on or before June 30, 2019, is eligible to enroll. Registration is by...

PennDOT has announced that the Altoona Driver License Center at 1738A Ninth Ave. in Altoona has reopened for driver licensing and photo services. The center was closed on Jan. 12 for renovations. PennDOT has also expanded hours for the Altoona...

In the face of protestations that raising the state minimum wage in Pennsylvania would have negative effects on employment and the economy, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf claims that exactly the opposite is true. “When one million Pennsylvanians finally...

Acting Commissioner Robert Evanchick said on Feb. 1 that 96 cadets graduated from the State Police Academy in Hershey and have been assigned to troops across the commonwealth. The men and women represent the 154th graduating cadet class. The...

By ASHLEY HICKS AgChoice Loan Officer Everyone has insurance – either you buy it from an insurance company or you insure yourself. When you self-insure, you are taking all of the risk. In today’s economic climate, that may not be the best risk...

When public-sector employees in Pennsylvania commit crimes related to their work, there are laws in place to ensure that they won’t collect their pension benefits after they serve their sentence. The problem arises when there’s some dispute as...

The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium is bringing free Department of Homeland Security-certified training to Westmoreland County on Feb. 23.​ Registration is required by Feb. 9 at www.ruraltraining.org. The courses offered are: AWR 328: All...

The Spring Cove School District has begun online registration for kindergarten classes for the 2019-20 school year. To be eligible to enter the kindergarten program, a child must be 5 or become 5 years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2019. To complete...

Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are about a penny cheaper this week at $2.463 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. On the week, gas prices are one to three cents cheaper for every state in the Mid-Atlantic region....

Alan J. Kivitz MD, founder of the Altoona Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center and the Altoona Center for Clinical Re- search, recently traveled to Israel where he gave several lectures and participated in several other Rheumatology events. He presented...