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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 ...

Juniata County Trout Club Derby

Summer light show leaves lasting impression

[Editor’s Note: This is part one of the May 12 program for the Towpath Naturalist Society of Mifflin and Juniata County]. LEWISTOWN — Jen Moore still remembers the moment the forest went quiet, then brightened in a way she had never seen. She walked into the PA Firefly Festival expecting a routine outreach assignment. She walked out with a new understanding of Pennsylvania’s night landscape and a calling that would shape her work for years. Moore, now an environmental education specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at the Greenwood Furnace State ...

In the region

‘Dining with Diabetes’ course to be offered UNIVERSITY PARK — To help individuals build a strong base for managing diabetes and improving health, Penn State Extension will offer a “Dining with Diabetes” course on Tuesdays starting July 14. The course includes four weekly classes, a three-month follow up and a live cooking demonstration. The classes will occur from 12 to 1:30 p.m. on July 14, July 21, July 28 and Aug. 4, online. A follow-up class will occur on Oct. 13, 2026. The course is aimed at adults with Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes or who are at risk of developing ...

Services for crime victims face funding cuts

Editor’s note: Learn more about the resources available to crime victims at the Pennsylvania Office of Victims’ Services website. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. PCAR’s rape crisis hotline is 1-888-772-7227. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. HARRISBURG — Across Pennsylvania, organizations that provide resources for crime victims are scaling back services, cutting positions, and leaving key roles vacant after the federal fund supporting them has received record-low deposits during President Donald Trump’s second administration. These ...