Local News
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UPMC Altoona is partnering with Saint Francis University in Loretto to open the UPMC Mercy School of Nursing, as Pennsylvania and the U.S. struggle to meet a rising demand for nurses.
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Consumer advocates warned a panel of Pennsylvania House members on Wednesday that Commonwealth residents will continue to bear the burden of rising electricity costs unless policymakers take steps to regulate a growing number of new data centers.
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For the second time, Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed a budget bill that would largely fund schools, counties and nonprofits at last year’s levels.
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PennDOT has submitted a permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the process for the Route 322 State College Area Connector project, which could affect creeks and wetlands.
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The Zippo Manufacturing Company in Bradford, which is known worldwide for its pocket lighters, is honoring an employee for her 60 years of service to the company.
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This month, hear the “Premier quatour” by Debussy: the first movement of his string quartet arranged for saxophone quartet by Vincent David; The “Danse macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens played by Penn State faculty members James Lyon, violin and Melody Quah, piano; the Penn State University Choir in music from the Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F, in a performance from the Penn's Woods Music Festival.
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The ruling upholds a Pennsylvania Office of Open Records decision that university documents shared with state agency leaders are public, even if they’re housed in an online file-sharing system.
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Pennsylvania voters will help decide whether three state Supreme Court justices get more time on the bench. Here’s how the court has shaped rural areas.
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Members of the state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday signaled they’ve largely made up their minds about the need to restrict access to cell phones in K-12 classrooms.
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Hoping for better pay and benefits, more job security and a stronger voice, a group of faculty at Penn State is taking steps to unionize.