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Pa. senators offer bill to strengthen addiction treatment

Local News August 7, 2026

U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the Workforce Recovery and Resilience Act, bipartisan legislation to help communities hit hardest by the opioid and fentanyl crisis by recruiting, training, and strengthening the workforce needed to support addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery. The legislation modernizes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, giving state and local workforce boards new tools to respond to the workforce impacts of substance use disorders, with opioids at the center of the crisis in Pennsylvania. “In Pennsylvania, ...

Collaborative Autism Movement provides Sensory Bags to Pennsylvania State Police

Local News August 7, 2026

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) received 445 Autism Sensory Aid Bags from the Collaborative Autism Movement (CAM), which partnered with Amazon to equip all PSP stations with at least five sensory aid bags. The bags were created to better support individuals with autism and other sensory ...

Senators want state to opt-into federal scholarship program

Local News August 7, 2026

A group of state senators is drafting legislation that would allow Pennsylvania to opt into a federal tax credit program to help increase scholarships available for public and private schools to give out to students and their families. The group includes several Republicans and one ...

Senate Democrats host food cost hearing

Local News August 6, 2026

State Senate Democrats are taking aim at the rising cost of groceries in the commonwealth. The party’s Policy Committee recently held a hearing that examined the status of grocery affordability for Pennsylvanians and food production-related pressures including rising input costs such as ...

Ball’s Jamestown connection, churches part of tours

Local News August 6, 2026

JAMESTOWN — Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown and lived in various places returning to Jamestown in her teen years. Learn about her downtown Jamestown stories on the tour that begins at the Fenton History Center at 10 a.m. Saturday. The tour guide is Joni Blackman, executive director of the Fenton History Center. The other tour on Saturday is of three churches in Jamestown. Beginning at the Jamestown Free Methodist church on 515 E. Seventh St. and traveling to the First Congregational and First Presbyterian churches. The tour begins at 10 a.m. and the tour guide is Cindy Dustin, a ...

Electrovaya announces energy storage system, built in Ellicott

Local News August 6, 2026

The newest offering from Electrovaya’s Ellicott manufacturing facility has been announced. The ElvaPulse 1,500 is a high-power energy storage platform for data center and other power applications that offers 3 megawatt hours of energy with up to 7 megawatts of continuous power for demanding data center, artificial intelligence infrastructure and other power applications. Initial deliveries are targeted to begin in the second quarter of 2027 from Electrovaya’s Ellicott facility. The new development will support 48E Investment Tax Credit eligibility, a technology-neutral federal tax ...