LOCK HAVEN — Clinton County was well represented at the 2026 PA Wilds Dinner & Awards, with three local businesses and community leaders receiving prestigious Champions of the PA Wilds Awards. The annual event brought together approximately 200 business and community leaders from ...
California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States’ largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up aquaculture in the Pacific Ocean. Ocean Rainforest, which is based in the Faroe Islands in Northern Europe, is planning to grow giant kelp on a roughly 3-square-mile (7.8-square-kilometer) stretch of federal waters to develop products to boost soil and plant health in California’s avocado ...
Good Day and Happy 90th birthday to Jack Robison, of Mingoville; and also celebrating with him is his granddaughter, Jessica Wilson, of Yarnell, who will be turning 32, on Sunday! Happy Birthday On Saturday: Dan Grenninger, of Lock Haven! On Sunday: Shenoa Dorman; and Gail Spangler, of Howard! Word of the Day Prowess — noun — Distinguished bravery; extraordinary ability Quote of the Day “ Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one! It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.” — John Kerry You’re ...
HARRISBURG — As health insurance companies propose some of the largest rate hikes in recent memory, the Shapiro administration says it is limited in what it can do to cap increases and is calling for federal action. Nearly 202,000 people have canceled their plans through the state’s ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The largest cyclospora food poisoning outbreak in U.S. history is over, U.S. health officials said Friday. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said they are confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce related to this specific outbreak is off the market. Nearly 13,000 reported cyclospora cases were tied to the multistate outbreak, federal officials say. They represent the bulk of an unprecedented surge in the parasitic diarrheal illness this year. Even with the outbreak deemed over, several questions remain, including about its origin. The parasite is ...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing costs. The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Bank President Christine Lagarde said at her news conference that “the conflict in ...
