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Controversial health regulations dropped, for now

(The Center Square) – New regulations that critics said would give the state Department of Health power to enter private homes without a warrant were withdrawn late Friday. The news comes just days after the Independent Regulatory Review Commission’s public comment period for the 502-page proposal ended. In a letter to IRRC – the commission’s acronym – Secretary of Health Debra Bogen asked for the rulemaking to be withdrawn, saying, “the Department intends to make further revisions to the proposed rulemaking and resubmit it as a new proposed rulemaking at a future ...

Foster Marks 30 Years With MCS Bank

LEWISTOWN — Long before Terry Foster ran MCS Bank, he was one of its customers. He had a newspaper route. He mowed lawns. The money went into his first savings account at MCS Bank, an ordinary transaction for a boy growing up in the community. Years later, he came back through the door as ...

Festive Friday

Festive Friday

Juniata County real estate deed transfers for August 2026

The following are the property deed transfers for Juniata County in the month of August 2026: ● Mifflin Fire Department No. 2 to DB Investment LLC, $35,000, Mifflin Borough ● Marilyn L. McCarthy Wadlinger to Marilyn L. McCarthy Wadlinger Living Trust, Marilyn L. McCarthy Wadlinger ...

Familiar face re-opens for diners in Lewistown

LEWISTOWN — A fresh new face for a downtown Lewistown hotspot. Laskaris has been around since 1921 but was slowly disappearing into the background with all of the fresh new businesses popping up downtown. However, a few months ago one local man was interested in the rental properties ...