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

Local news July 29, 2026

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 ...

Historic Piper Comanche No. 1 takes center stage at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Community July 29, 2026

LOCK HAVEN — Piper Aviation Museum President Ron Dremel and his wife, Cathy, traveled to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this week to represent the Piper Aviation Museum at the Piper Aircraft exhibit at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, helping promote the museum and the annual Sentimental Journey fly-in in Lock ...

Centre County highlights emergency housing initiative

Local news July 29, 2026

BELLEFONTE — The Centre County Board of Commissioners addressed a number of items this week, including key community health and human services priorities. On Tuesday morning, the board adopted a proclamation to raise awareness for a chronic, oftentimes debilitating, illness. It also authorized federal grant funding to combat homelessness and housing instability within the County. Grant Actions to Prevent Evictions and Expand Emergency Shelter Access The board approved a submission to the Department of Community and Economic Development’s Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) ...

Lawmakers, workers plan to keep pushing for PA to raise the minimum wage

Local news July 29, 2026

State Sen. Christine Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia) rises at the end of every legislative session with one message for lawmakers. “It’s been 7,309 days since Pennsylvania last raised the minimum wage,” she said at the end of the session on July 12, immediately after the legislature passed this year’s budget without a wage increase. “This year marked 20 years — 20 years — since Pennsylvania last raised its minimum wage,” Tartaglione told the chamber. “Twenty years of rising rent, rising grocery bills, rising utility costs, rising healthcare expenses. Twenty years in ...

'A good neighbor': Renovo community shows support for Kishbaugh family at annual festival

Local news July 28, 2026

RENOVO — It was a morning of education and an afternoon of music and friendship as The Greater Renovo Area Heritage Park combined their annual Heritage Days with a Good Neighbor Festival in hopes of raising money and lifting the spirits of a great friend to Heritage Park. The highlight ...

Flemington Boro advances senior housing project

Local news July 28, 2026

FLEMINGTON — Flemington Borough Council handled a number of items at its recent meeting, including the conditional approval for the next phase of a proposed senior housing expansion. Council unanimously granted conditional approval for both the subdivision and land development plans associated with the proposed Flemington Manor senior housing expansion. The project would add a new 46-unit senior housing building adjacent to the existing Susquehannock Heights complex. Engineer Chad Schaffer, of Stahl Shaffer Engineering, presented updated plans, explaining the development would ...