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SCI Huntingdon opens diesel mechanic training shop

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HUNTINGDON — The State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon has opened a diesel mechanic shop that will provide vocational training to incarcerated individuals. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the new Pennsylvania Correctional Industries shop. Six incarcerated men will participate in the first class. The program will combine classroom instruction with hands-on training using diesel equipment and performing maintenance and repairs. According to the Department of Corrections, participants will receive training designed to ...

SCI Huntingdon inmate dies

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HUNTINGDON — An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon died after he was found unresponsive in his cell Oct. 5, prison officials reported. Geraldo J. Maldonado Jr., 43, was treated by prison staff and medical personnel before EMS transported him to Penn Highlands Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. Maldonado was serving a 24- to 52-year sentence following a Lancaster County conviction for rape of a child. Pennsylvania State Police were notified and will investigate the death in accordance with state policy. The Huntingdon County Coroner’s ...

Geisinger adds primary care providers in Lewistown, Philipsburg

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LEWISTOWN — Geisinger has added three primary care providers at locations in Lewistown, Philipsburg and State College as part of an effort to expand access to primary care services in the region. Dillon Costantini, M.D., and Emma Stanich, PA-S, have begun seeing new patients at Geisinger Lewistown Community Medicine. Anthony Froncillo, D.O., is seeing new patients at Geisinger Philipsburg Community Medicine and Geisinger Healthplex State College. The providers are among those joining Geisinger's primary care network across central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Primary care ...

USDA invests in America’s beef and ag producers with funding for value-added agriculture

Agriculture

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced the awarding of over $26 million to farmers and agricultural producers across the country through the USDA Value Added Producer Grant Program. Entities can use these grant funds to develop value-added agricultural products, conduct market research, and implement business and marketing strategies. “The Trump Administration is focused on putting our ranchers and farmers first. These grants represent another investment in the Great American Cattle Herd as we fortify the American beef industry,” Rollins said. ...

Shapiro Administration celebrates opening of Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center

Agriculture

MONACA, Pa. — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Penn State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Dr. Troy Ott marked a milestone for Pennsylvania farmers earlier this year, cutting the ribbon to open the Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at Penn State University’s Beaver Campus. Funded by a $6 million investment, the lab expands Pennsylvania’s capacity to respond to animal disease outbreaks, speeding diagnoses for farmers in the western part of the state, lowering their business costs, and helping protect their animals and investments. “This is a ...

Pennsylvania hosts top U.S. dairy breeders for All-American Dairy Show

Agriculture

HARRISBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding celebrated the best of American dairy breeding and management skills Sept. 16 at the All-American Dairy Show and Premier National Jr. Show. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s PA Farm Show Complex and Expo Center hosts the annual show, featuring more than 1,000 top adult and youth competitors in dairy cattle breeding and animal care from across the U.S. and Canada. The event comes on the heels of the single largest investment in agriculture in Pennsylvania history — $1.2 billion to establish Chobani’s first dairy ...