Category Archives: Local News
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH OFFICE TO CLOSE DUE TO PANDEMIC SURGE
The Punxsutawney Borough Offices will be shutting down effective Monday morning until further notice. According to Punxsutawney Borough Manager Toby Santik, the borough is closing the offices in the b...
Nov 19, 2020
GAME COMMISSION SPOKESMAN TALKS ABOUT NIGHT-VISION USE
Travis Lau, spokesman for the PA Game Commission, talks about the change in state law which grants hunters the use of night-vision equipment.
Nov 19, 2020
GROUNDHOG DAY WILL BE VIRTUAL
The Covid-19 pandemic has even reached into Punxsutawney Phil's cozy, heated burrow. The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has announced that Gobbler's Knob will be quiet on February 2nd...
Nov 19, 2020
LEVINE SAYS NEW RESTRICTIONS ARE UP TO THE PUBLIC
Dr. Rachel Levine, PA Secretary of Health, says whether future COVID-19 restrictions are needed depends on how well the public responds to the new measures being taken to slow the spread of coronaviru...
Nov 18, 2020
DROUGHT WATCH REMAINS FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY, LIFTED IN OTHER LOCAL AREAS
The drought watch has been lifted in Clarion and Indiana Counties; however, according to the PA Department of Environmental Protection, the drought watch remains in effect for Jefferson and Clearfield...
Nov 18, 2020
OPEN LETTER FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPT. OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR
Tracy William Zents, the Director of the Jefferson County Department of Emergency Services, recently sent an email to us, as well as 12 other local news outlets, about COVID 19 for the holidays. In pa...
Nov 18, 2020
LEVINE OFFERS ADVICE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS HEADED HOME FOR HOLIDAY
PA Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine has this advice for college students before they go home for Thanksgiving in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Nov 17, 2020
MARION CENTER GOES FULLY REMOTE WHILE UNITED, PENNS MANOR REPORT POSITIVE CASES
Three Indiana County school districts report Covid-19 news today, including a move by the Marion Center School District to all-remote learning. United and Penns Manor also report new positive cases in...
Nov 17, 2020
STATE RELEASES WEEKEND COVID-19 NUMBERS
Yesterday at noon, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released the combined weekend totals of people who have recently tested positive for COVID 19. The sum of the the two days added 9,675 new case...
Nov 17, 2020
GAS PRICES FROM AROUND THE REGION
In Pennsylvania the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.47. According to Triple A Mid-Atlantic, last year at this time it was $2.76. Looking at the average for local counties...
Nov 17, 2020
