2022-02-10 E-Edition

Bitter Cold

In a true sign of winter, Cowans Gap Lake has frozen over with ice chunks along the beach shoreline. Ice fishermen Jeff and Tina Winter of Wells Tannery enjoy fishing on the frozen lake. They report only being “skunked” one time fishing the frozen lake.

Borough To Seek Quotes For ARP-funded Projects


The McConnellsburg Borough American Rescue Plan (ARP) Fund Committee presented a list of project considerations to the rest of Borough Council at the council’s monthly meeting last Wednesday. After discussion, the council moved to pursue quotes regarding the installation and total costs of a computer, printer, scanner, camera, conference phone, Wifi router, and desk for the Fulton House. The council […]

County Commits ARP Funds To Fiber-optic Study

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Commissioners

Fulton County has agreed to pay its $50,000 share of the cost of a regional fiber-optic network design study that will bring reliable high-speed broadband internet service to the six-county Southern Alleghenies region. The agreement between Alleghenies Broadband Inc., a nonprofit formed by Blair, Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Huntingdon, and Fulton counties to work out ways to improve broadband service, was […]

Here’s How Many PA People Who Have Quit Their Jobs



The COVID-19 pandemic sent the U.S. unemployment rate up to a post Great Depression high of 14.7% in April 2020. Though the jobless rate has since fallen back below 4%, the U.S. job market today is far different from pre-pandemic norms. One difference is that Americans are now quitting their jobs at a historic pace. A record high 4.5 million […]

COVID Cases Continue To Fall


The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday reported a total of 78 new cases of COVID-19 over the seven-day period beginning Feb. 2. The county’s cumulative number of cases now stands at 3,960. Cumulative COVID-related deaths increased by 1 over the same period to 60. New cases of COVID in the county’s school-age children 5-18 for the period Jan. 26-Feb. […]

I-70 Welcome Center To Close For Repairs

Closure expected for three months

Hollidaysburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is alerting drivers that the I-70 northbound Welcome Center in Warfordsburg, Fulton County, will be temporarily closed for approximately three months beginning Monday, February 14, for building repairs to take place. All areas of the facility will be closed to the public, including restrooms, vending and parking areas. Subscribe to PennDOT […]

GOP’s Election Inquiry: Courts, Conspiracies And More Costs



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases as it expands into multiple courses of inquiry, grows in cost and shows signs it will drag well into 2022. The Republican pursuit has received a broad embrace by GOP candidates on […]

Senate Passes Ward Legislation Updating Notary Signature Rules


HARRISBURG – The Senate approved legislation that modernizes signature rules for notaries public, Sen. Judy Ward announced (R-30). Senate Bill 807, sponsored by Ward, eliminates the 50-cent registration fee for an official notary public signature and adds the office of the recorder of deeds to the signature requirements. In addition, the measure provides for electronic transfer of the notary’s signature […]

New Map Of PA Legislative Districts Approved



HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The five-member commission redrawing the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s state legislative districts voted Friday to approve new maps for the next decade, with a focus on the state’s fast-growing Latino population that could change the face of the predominantly white House and Senate. The Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted 4-1 during a meeting in the Capitol, with chair […]