LEWISTOWN — One of the oldest passenger rail depots in the nation is about to enter a new era. Amtrak is preparing to launch a major renovation of the Lewistown Junction Train Station, a project that will modernize the historic depot while preserving its character and improving ...
YORK, Pa. — Under the lights of the historic Apollo Theatre on Saturday night, four young women with ties to the Juniata Valley walked onto the Miss Pennsylvania stage carrying the hopes of their communities. By the end of the evening, they had done far more than represent their titles — they made their mark on one of the state’s most competitive scholarship stages. The Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Competition held its finals Saturday following preliminary rounds on Friday, and local contestants delivered one of the strongest collective showings the region has seen in ...
Jordan Lovejoy, of Annapolis Md., captured a sweep with a Triple Crown title at the Juniata Regatta in the Juniata River Valley’s Kayak Adventure Series this past weekend. The event was hosted by the Juniata River Valley Tourism Bureau. Jordan won the KastKing Individual Division, the Toyo Tires Team Division with his partner Jimmy Entwistle and the New Primal Next Up Division and won an extra $500 for winning the “county bounty,” which is the top placing angler who lodged in Mifflin County. His winning smallmouth bass measured 94.50 inches.
LEWISTOWN — Father’s Day has a way of pulling people back to the beginning. Not the beginning of high school careers or college seasons, but the real beginning — the first time a child tugged on a too-big jersey, the first time a father knelt in the grass to show them how to hold a bat, ...
MIFFLINTOWN — Down in the basement of the Juniata County Library in Mifflintown, where the ceilings are low and the air is heavy, the Juniata County Historical Society has been fighting a quiet battle. It is the battle to save the county’s past before the walls — quite literally — ...
