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Firefighters rescue missing person from Juniata River LEWISTOWN — Firefighters safely rescued a person reported missing in the Juniata River during a water rescue operation Sunday evening. According to City Hook and Ladder No. 14, crews were dispatched to the river around 7:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a missing person in the water. Firefighters searched the river and located the individual safely offshore. It was not immediately clear whether the person was injured. Fight in Juniata Terrace results in citations JUNIATA TERRACE — State police responded to a fight ...

More broadband money poised to flow into Pa

HARRISBURG — A broadband grant program that the Trump administration abruptly canceled last year can be restored without language that allowed race to be used as a factor in awarding funding, a federal judge has ruled. In a case challenging the program’s termination, U.S. District Judge John Bates agreed with federal officials that the underlying law is unconstitutional, because it allowed grants to be awarded based on “explicit racial classification.” But he also said the program was “perfectly capable” of functioning without this element. “Common sense,” Bates ...

Tourism spending up by 60% in Juniata County

MIFFLINTOWN — Tourism spending in Juniata County climbed 60% over four years, reaching $46 million in 2024, officials told county commissioners Tuesday. Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau Executive Director Jenny Landis presented the figures during the commissioners’ meeting while outlining the bureau’s efforts to attract visitors and support local businesses throughout Juniata and Mifflin counties. The spending total includes lodging, transportation, recreation, food and retail purchases made by visitors, whom Landis defined as people who cross the county line and spend at ...

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The deadline has passed for second-degree sentencing

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania General Assembly has missed the deadline set for it by the state Supreme Court without passing a legislative solution to the commonwealth’s unconstitutional sentencing scheme for second-degree murder. A killing is considered second-degree murder if it occurs during the course of a violent felony, including robbery, rape, or arson. Someone can be found guilty of the crime if they participated in the underlying felony, even if their actions didn’t lead directly to another person’s death. The court ruled in March that mandatory life without parole ...

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