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Confirmed COVID cases up in Warren County

Warren County is not immune to the resurgence of COVID. As the world, nation, and state are seeing increases in cases, the county’s numbers are up, too. There have been more cases so far in April (145) than there were in all of March (119) in the county. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, there were 35 new cases over the last two days in the county, bringing the total to 2,424. At the end of March, there had been 2,279. Statewide, there were about 3,000 new cases per day in March. There have been almost 4,500 per day so far in April. About 6 percent of county ...

Pennsylvania jobless rate fell in March, as payrolls grew

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell slightly in March, as payrolls expanded and every economic sector except for construction recorded growth, according to state figures released Friday. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was 7.3%, down a tenth of a percentage point from February’s adjusted rate, the state Department of Labor and Industry said. That was more than a whole point above the national rate of 6% in March. In a survey of households, the labor force remained virtually the same in March, at almost 6.34 million. The number of employed rose 8,000, ...

County COVID cases are up this month

As Pennsylvania opens up Phase 2 for vaccinations, there is a bit of a resurgence in COVID-19 cases locally. The COVID-19 case count in Warren County is up this month. Over the past week, there have been 60 new cases — with a single-day high of 16 and a low of one, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. There were 119 cases in all of March. There have been 99 already in April. The daily average is up from 3.84 new cases per day in March to 8.25. In February, there was an average of 4.96 new cases per day. The last time there was a higher average for a month than the ...

Graduations get go ahead, proms still waiting

Warren County’s high schools are moving toward having graduation events on familiar school facilities. Not so much with proms. At Monday’s meeting of the Warren County School District board, Superintendent Amy Stewart announced that “all of the schools are looking at graduation ceremonies outside at their respective football fields.” The latest COVID-19 mitigation guidance for indoor gatherings is 25 percent of capacity. For outdoor facilities, the district is allowed to have 50 percent. That figure should easily accommodate the number of people who will attend ...

Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic

While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the U.S. Overall, 55% of Americans say their financial circumstances are about the same now as a year ago, and 30% say their finances have improved, ...

Winterfest officials moving forward, looking for help

Like many events over the last year, Winterfest 2021 fell victim to COVID-19. The organizers are looking forward to bringing the event back in 2022. “We’re going to have Winterfest,” Winterfest Planning Committee Chairman Ed Atwood said. “I don’t care who you are, you have to do something in the winter.” The annual event held at Chapman State Park features sled-dog races, sledding, ice skating, fishing, a sled dog weight pull, the Polar Plunge, and other events – when the weather cooperates and there aren’t active pandemics causing restrictions to outdoor ...