BELLEFONTE — After an extensive search, Danielle Minarchick has been selected as the next Warden of Centre County Correctional Facility, making her the facility’s first female warden in history. Minarchick will serve as the successor for Glenn Irwin, whose career in corrections has ...
Good Day and Happy Anniversary to Holly and Chris Meinke of Mill Hall on Sept. 8! Happy Birthday to Arlene Milton, of the Diamond Deli in Bellefonte; and to Nancy Hendricks, of Blanchard! Word of the Day Pedagogical — adj. — Describing things related to teachers or education. Quote of the Day “Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.” — Dale Carnegie Class of 1959 LHHS and ICHS Class of 1959 will be having a luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 12 noon, at Variety Buffet on Hogan Boulevard. Any ...
Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last year, the nation added more than 411,000 union members — the largest annual growth since 2008, according to a study published just ahead of ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell a packed crowd that workers need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another. “Labor Day has never been just another holiday,” Jackson told several hundred union members at a Southern Maine Labor Council event Monday morning in Portland. “Today, here with the people I’ve fought alongside for years, I ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel. Because diesel is used for many freight and delivery networks, higher diesel prices mean higher ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking additional public comments as it tries to redefine the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers. The request, announced Friday, comes nearly a year after the agency proposed a rule defining “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, based on a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that removed federal protections for vast areas. The plea for new information is highly unusual and reflects the complexity of the water rule, a contentious regulation that has been argued in the ...
