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Commonwealth University offers workforce development healthcare training

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LOCK HAVEN — Commonwealth University Workforce Development is now enrolling for its Fall 2026 healthcare training programs. These programs include: Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) This 150-hour, face-to-face program includes classroom instruction, hands-on labs, phlebotomy, EKG, laboratory procedures and patient care skills. Graduates are eligible to sit for the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) exam and may earn 3 Commonwealth University credits (HLSC 199) with the option for additional credit through an ...

Pa. has quietly passed a law undermining a court decision on lucrative mineral rights

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HARRISBURG — A law quietly passed this summer aimed to end a complicated, decade-plus legal fight over who owns an estimated $1 billion in Pennsylvania natural gas. It may have only begun a new, even messier chapter. At issue are mineral rights — which give holders the right to extract coal, oil, gas or ore — underneath as few as 60,000 acres to more than one million, depending on which side you ask. For years, a group of families, led by the Proctor family trust, has waged a legal battle with the state over mineral rights that they say their ancestors acquired more than a ...

‘Momentus Occasion’: PSU to hand out millionth degree on Aug. 15

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BELLEFONTE — The Centre County Board of Commissioners celebrated a major milestone being reached by one of its longest running partners this week. The board unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday morning, celebrating Penn State University’s millionth degree, which will be handed out at its summer commencement on Saturday, Aug. 15. PSU Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Fotis Sotiropoulus and Director of Local Government and Community Relations Julian Morales attended the commissioners’ weekly meeting to speak about the major milestone, which Chair Mark Higgins ...

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Wednesday, Aug. 12: — Motorists traveling from Woodward Township into the City of Lock Haven today should expect a detour. The city’s Public Works Department will be performing a routine closure of its flood gate at the Jay Street bridge next Wednesday, leading to its closure from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. that day. Traffic to the bridge will be detoured across the Constitution Bridge in Dunnstown, according to a release from city staff. Water Street will remain open during the exercise, but staff ask motorists and pedestrians to avoid its intersection with Jay Street as a large amount ...

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Good Day and Happy Birthday to Autumn Dreese; Dyann Shilling, of Mill Hall! Quote of the Day “Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.” — Denise Levertov Word of the Day Speculate — verb — to reflect; to ponder. Summer Concerts in Lemont Lemont Village Green will have their free Summer Concerts on the Green, 133 Mt. Nittany Road, Lemont. The concerts will be held each Friday evening, from 7:30-9 p.m. The Friday, Aug. 14, concert will feature Mary Madigan, Ian Marshall and Joe Pillot. Scout Troop 367 will sell ice cream cones each week for a donation to the ...