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Mount Nittany workers criticize latest contract proposal after strike

STATE COLLEGE — Contract negotiations resumed Monday between Mount Nittany Health and the union representing nearly 1,000 hospital employees, with union leaders saying they were disappointed by the hospital’s latest contract proposal following a five-day strike. According to the union, Mount Nittany Health reduced its wage offer to 2% annual raises over three years, lowered proposed increases for nurses and withdrew other previously offered improvements. Union members contend the proposal comes as the health system continues expanding its facilities, including construction of a ...

La Fiesta Band to headline South Hills Music Picnic

STATE COLLEGE — La Fiesta Band will perform Sunday as part of South Hills School of Business & Technology’s 2026 Music Picnic Series. The free outdoor concert begins at 6 p.m. on the north lawn of South Hills’ main campus, 480 Waupelani Drive. Grounds open at 4 p.m. La Fiesta Band performs a mix of Latin music styles, including salsa, cumbia and merengue. The featured community organization for the evening is the Mid-State Literacy Council, which has provided adult education services in Centre and Clearfield counties since 1971. The organization offers literacy, English ...

Robotics, field demos to highlight exhibits at Ag Progress Days

UNIVERSITY PARK — The latest advances in agricultural technology — including a robotics exhibit, commercial exhibits and live field demonstrations — will take center stage at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 11-13. A new addition this year is the FIRA Robotics Village — a ...

$1.18M for Centre Region traffic signal upgrades announced

From staff reports STATE COLLEGE — More than $1.18 million in state funding has been awarded to State College Borough and College Township for traffic signal improvements aimed at reducing congestion and improving safety along key roadways in the Centre Region, state Rep. Paul Takac announced Tuesday. The grants are being awarded through Pennsylvania’s Green Light-Go program, which provides reimbursement funding to municipalities for projects that improve the operation and efficiency of existing traffic signals. State College Borough will receive $997,755 to expand ...

State temporarily shutters rural aging agency

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Aging has taken the unprecedented step of temporarily decommissioning one of the state’s 52 county agencies that protect older adults from abuse and neglect after uncovering “serious performance issues” there. For the next 180 days, Potter County’s older adults will be served by a neighboring aging agency as the state determines how to proceed. Options include putting the agency on an improvement plan or shuttering it permanently. Though state officials did not provide details on the problems they discovered, they said they were ...

The ground has shifted under interest rates

For two years, there was only one question about the Federal Reserve: when do they cut? This week, that question quietly died. On Wednesday, the Fed held its benchmark rate at 3.50%–3.75% for the fifth consecutive meeting. That part was expected. What wasn’t: three regional Fed presidents – Cleveland’s Beth Hammack, Minneapolis’s Neel Kashkari, and Dallas’s Lorie Logan – voted against the hold. Not because they wanted to cut. Because they wanted to hike, right now. It’s the first time since 2016 that three officials dissented in the same direction, and that direction ...