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McVeytown native named Surface Navy’s Top Junior Shiphandler

SAN DIEGO — Lt. Caleb Smith stood alone while the problems multiplied. The competition put Smith through San Diego pierwork and a replenishment at sea that brought his ship within 200 feet of another vessel. In a man-overboard scenario, he had seven minutes to recover a shipmate while the ...

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Farm to Table Gala Aug. 20 at Brookmere Winery BELLEVILLE — The Mifflin County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and Young Ag Professionals will host a Farm to Table Gala at Brookmere Winery in Belleville on Aug. 20. The gala features a meal prepared by Chef K of Solid Gold Concessions using locally sourced ingredients. The chair and vice chair of the American Farm Bureau Promotion and Engagement committee will speak on the importance of consumer engagement. The evening will start at 5:30 p.m. with appetizers. The meal will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets for the event are ...

Trail project moves forward

LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County planning officials are moving forward with plans to extend a walking trail connecting Victory Park and the Stone Arch Bridge, with hopes of entering into a memorandum of understanding with Lewistown Borough early next year. Planning Director James Lettiere said ...

Police reports

State police investigate identity theft MOUNT UNION — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an identity theft reported Aug. 9 on Juniata Avenue in Huntingdon County. Police said a 63-year-old Huntingdon woman reported losing $700 in the incident. Reported burglary determined unfounded McCLURE — Pennsylvania State Police determined that a reported commercial burglary at McClure Commons on Bubb Street was unfounded. Police investigated the report, which stemmed from an Aug. 8 incident, and concluded no burglary had occurred. Woman charged after vehicle vandalized in Juniata ...

Labor market frozen: Deficits grow, the Fed still can’t relax

Friday’s jobs report looked weak enough to make you wonder why the Fed isn’t already talking about cuts. Look closer. The labor market isn’t deteriorating. It’s stuck. Payrolls fell 23,000 in July. That number is smaller than the survey’s own margin of error — statistically, it is indistinguishable from zero. And most of the decline was a seasonal quirk in government education, not a broad retreat by private employers. Private payrolls actually rose 30,000. The revisions were the softer part of the report. May and June were revised down by a combined 103,000. On the ...

Mount Nittany, state confirm two positive measles cases

From staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Health have confirmed two positive measles cases that may have exposed patients and visitors at two Mount Nittany Health facilities. According to Mount Nittany Health, potential exposure occurred at Mount Nittany Health – Toftrees, 164 Greenview Drive, from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, July 31, and at the Mount Nittany Medical Center Emergency Department, 155 Wellness Way, from noon Friday, July 31, until 1 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. The health system said it is actively identifying and contacting ...