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 ...
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, ...
HARRISBURG – Whether planting a tree, installing a mailbox, building a deck, or beginning a larger construction project, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is reminding Pennsylvanians that one simple step can help prevent injuries, protect essential services, and avoid costly damage: contact Pennsylvania One Call by dialing 811 before digging. Observed each year on Aug. 11 (8/11), National 811 Day serves as a reminder that safe excavation begins long before the first shovel enters the ground. A free request to have underground utility lines located and marked helps ...
Saturday, Aug. 15 is Northwest Bank Day at the 95th Annual Warren County Fair in Pittsfield, and It also marks nine years that Northwest has partnered with Warren’s nonprofit Free Books for Kids Town to give away books to children at the fair. Free books will be at Northwest’s sponsor ...
The City of Warren Fire Department has been awarded a $100,000 grant through the Pennsylvania Office of the State Fire Commissioner's Municipal Fire Department Capital Grant Program to help fund a generator replacement project that will improve emergency operations during power outages. The grant, announced as part of the Shapiro administration's latest round of municipal fire department and emergency services training center funding, is the maximum amount available through the competitive program. The statewide initiative distributed $900,000 to departments and training centers for ...
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 ...
