Day: January 18, 2023

Local News

Academy Funding Announced

The Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology has been awarded an Appalachian Regional Commission of $500,000 to support the school’s expansion project. All in all, so far the Academy has secured over $7 million in state and federal funding to construct a heavy equipment/diesel technician training facility, which will be built at their existing […]

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PA Highway Safety Rankings

A new study ranks Pennsylvania counties by order of vehicle accident fatalities. According to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, counties are ranked by the number of deaths per 100,000 people. The higher the ranking, the more deaths there were in that county. In 2020, Forest and Green […]

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Shapiro Sworn in

PENNSYLVANIA’S NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNOR IS NOW IN OFFICE FOLLOWING HIS SWEARING IN ON TUESDAY….  

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Local News

New Juniata Program Coordinator

The Juniata County Commissioners met on Tuesday, and part of that meeting involved welcoming Emily Shoop, who is now the 4H program coordinator for Penn State Extension. Shoop… who previously worked for the Mifflin County 4H program… is replacing Theresa Williams, who retired at the end of 2022. One of the chief 4H initiatives that […]

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