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PFAS settlement leads to refund of $37 in water bills

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania American Water announced that additional credits were recently applied to customers’ bills as a result of the company's receipt of proceeds from settlements reached with manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). On July 27, Pennsylvania American Water issued a $6.13 bill credit to all active water customer accounts as of July 24. The credit distributes recent settlement proceeds the company received from PFAS manufacturers to customers. The credit is made possible through Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approval of ...

Jobless rate decreases in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its preliminary employment situation report for July. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point over the month to 3.9 percent in July, the first time the rate has been below 4.0 percent since October 2024. The PA rate was two-tenths of a percentage point below the U.S. unemployment rate, which declined a tenth of a point over the month to 4.1 percent. The Commonwealth’s unemployment rate has declined by one-half of a percentage point from its July 2025 level of 4.4 percent. The United ...

Davey Hill Road in Deerfield Township reopened

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the reopening of Davey Hill Road (Route 3007) in Deerfield Township. Portions of the road where closed this summer so extensive repairs could be made in two areas outside the Tidioute Borough line. Work included the construction of stone-filled gabion baskets to create a retaining wall to support the road. The contractor is Clearwater Construction Inc. of Mercer, PA. The contract cost is $449,449, which is to be paid entirely with state funds. Additional information on the Davey Hill Road Repairs is available online ...

New Kane Road Bridge in Pittsfield opened to traffic

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced that the new bridge carrying Kane Road over Brokenstraw Creek in Pittsfield Township, Warren County is opened. The new single-span bridge will be 110 feet long and have two 11-foot lanes. It replaced the former single-lane bridge, which was 68 years old and had been closed since April 2023 deterioration of the wooden deck and other structural concerns. Along with work on the bridge, the intersection of Kane Road (Route 3014), Old Garland Road (Route 3014), and Cole Hill Road (Route 3013) was reconstructed. The ...

Scrapbook of summer

The Warren Public Library has had another great summer with a variety of programs for everyone. With the end of summer closing in, Susan Slater, Children’s Librarian, shared what has taken place so far in the children’s department. Dinosaur-themed programs and activities coincided with ...

Shapiro reverses course on data center industry he once embraced

Gov. Josh Shapiro, facing a tidal wave of public negativity about data centers, last week reversed course on an industry he once embraced by chastising many of its players as speculative troublemakers and pulling away access to the state's "fast track" permitting program. It was during a visit to a major data center site in Luzerne County in late 2024 that Shapiro created the fast track process, which he described as a "game changer" in getting big projects moving along. Recently, nine of 17 projects in the program were data centers. On Tuesday, he signed a new executive order that ...