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Mifflin County receives $92K historic preservation grant

From staff reports LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County is among 19 counties across Pennsylvania receiving funding through the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Program, which awarded more than $2.2 million to support preservation projects as part of the Commonwealth’s commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary. The Mifflin County Board of Commissioners was awarded $92,000 through the highly competitive grant program, which selected 38 projects from 115 applications statewide. All grants require a 50% local match. PHMC Executive ...

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Granville officials review data center ordinance before packed crowd

LEWISTOWN — Granville Township officials met a packed house Thursday at the Granville Fire Company Event Center for a special supervisors meeting to discuss a proposed ordinance regulating a potential data center in the township. The proposed ordinance addresses how data centers may be ...

Trump cancels impending strikes on Iran

(Editor’s note: Information regarding a final deal with Iran was not available at press time. Stay tuned for further coverage.) Strikes planned against Iran for Thursday evening have been canceled by President Donald Trump, citing a deal with the Islamic Republic close to being finalized. “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” the president posted on ...

Inflation spikes to 4.2% in May, highest in three years

U.S. inflation rose by 0.5% in May, coming up to 4.2% over the past 12 months, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday. The inflation rate is now the highest it has been in the past three years. The index for energy prices rose by 3.8% in May after rising 3.8% in April and 10.8% in March. The energy index accounted for more than 60% of all monthly item increases. Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal, pointed out that the inflation rate in February, before the U.S. conflict with Iran, was at 2.4%. “Americans are getting ...

Outdoors calendar

Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman’s Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...