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Good Day to George Mochan, of Howard! Word of the Day Accentuate — verb — To make something more noticeable. Quote of the Day “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn Basic Sign Language Bob Probst is returning with an 8-week class of basic ASL at the SVRCS library, 236 E. Main St., Loganton. We will meet Monday evenings from 6 -7:30 p.m. starting Aug. 31 and finishing Nov. 2 (we have off Labor Day and Sept 14). Cost is $70 for the classes –book is student responsibility. We will instruct as to which book will be used. Deadline to RSVP is Aug. ...

Mount Nittany workers continue strike

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STATE COLLEGE — Healthcare workers at Mount Nittany Medical Center are heading into mid-week of a five-day strike as over 900 union members look for a better agreement. “Union staff at Mount Nittany Medical Center are currently on strike for quality care and quality jobs, as well as ...

Democrat’s TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust GOP from swing PA House seat

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we are not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center projects. The race between Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Bresnahan is considered one of the Democratic Party’s best opportunities to pick up a seat in the November election in its bid to take control of the U.S. House and block President Donald Trump’s agenda. Cognetti is ...

More broadband money poised to flow into Pa. as Trump admin agrees to restore grant program

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HARRISBURG — A broadband grant program that the Trump administration abruptly canceled last year can be restored without language that allowed race to be used as a factor in awarding funding, a federal judge has ruled. In a case challenging the program’s termination, U.S. District Judge John Bates agreed with federal officials that the underlying law is unconstitutional, because it allowed grants to be awarded based on “explicit racial classification.” But he also said the program was “perfectly capable” of functioning without this element. “Common sense,” Bates ...