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​​Ans​​wer the call: Join CoCoRaHS today

Autumn Knepp Howard In 2026, April is the Rain Gauge Rally for CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Snow and Hail Network. I’m encouraging everyone in Centre, Clinton and Lycoming counties to take part. With five minutes per day, you can contribute to a nationwide program to collect precipitation data. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit organization. This community-based network of volunteers measure precipitation (rain, snow and hail) across the Northern Hemisphere. Anyone can join, given they buy the official 4-inch manual rain gauge and mount it according to the ...

Thank you Trump for starting the draft again!

Jim Hironimus White Hall Lets see: Trump started a war a few weeks ago without going to Congress! This drove gas prices and fertilizer prices for farmers way up because they cannot get it because it is stuck waiting in an ocean far away that was open! We had a Nuclear treaty of sorts with Iran: Until Trump tore it up! We used to be the strongest nation in the world and now we look like a bunch of fools! Trump put in tariffs and raised prices on goods! Now, if you haven’t noticed, Trump and his cronies instituted “the draft” so all your sons may get drafted and go to war ...

‘Homeland Security’ in historical context

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah TV journalists today are notoriously good-looking men and women having resonant voices and command of college-level vocabularies. Do they have any flaws at all? Yes, they do. Their flaws are the same kinds of intellectual flaws that American politicians, business leaders, culture mavens and even educators have. In brief, they are unable to bring any real historical perspective to their informational commentaries on current events. The education of supposedly exemplary American leaders today falls well short of the depth and breadth of ...

Whoa, have we lost our minds?

Tim Mannello Williamsport On April 7 at 8 p.m., the President of the United States wrote this on his social media page: “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” Pause for a moment and let this sink in: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to exist again.” Do we truly understand the gravity of that? Do we grasp what is being done in our name? Or do we simply drift on to the next medication commercial after the news report, barely noticing what we just heard? This threat would mean the murder of 24 million Iranians who are babies, toddlers, kids in ...

Huntington’s Disease Day of Action is April 13

K. Miller Howard For decades, families affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) have faced a relentless neurological illness with no treatment to slow or stop its progression. Today, that may be changing—but whether scientific progress becomes real hope will depend on federal leadership. On Huntington’s Disease Day of Action, April 13, 2026, advocates nationwide are urging policymakers to act with the urgency this moment demands. Huntington’s disease is a rare, inherited and ultimately fatal brain disorder that often strikes in midlife. From symptom onset to death, it ...

Earth Month

Gary Jump Itasca, IL April is Earth Month — a time to savor the wonderful planet that gives us bright blue skies, breathtaking mountains, wide-open plains, serene river valleys and lakes, captivating forests and an endless variety of plants and animals. Earth Month is also time for considering what more should be done to protect it. Climate scientists agree: human activity has caused rapid warming of Earth. Warming occurred before, but over thousands of years. Current global warming started less than 200 years ago, when we began burning coal, oil, and natural gas, polluting the ...