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Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the TikTokłÉČ˰ć’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...

LETTER: Invest in our future

Last month in an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News Donald Trump stated that America lacks a certain talent pool while he was defending his recent changes to the H-1B visa program. This particular visa is what allows domestic employers to hire skilled professionals for temporary periods ...

OP-ED: Christmas with Mrs. Claus

Back when shopping was an event, my old mentor John Gunter ran the legendary Penn Traffic Department Store in Johnstown. John’s motto was simple: Go big or go home. And when it came to Christmas, he went mega-big. That store was a winter wonderland with wreaths the size of a 1968 Chrysler ...

Important fields facing shortages get no help from government

U.S. Department of Education officials missed the mark badly when they decided, purportedly in a revision that is part of the Big Beautiful Bill, to eliminate nursing, physical therapy, public health and other fields from those graduate study fields in which students are able to borrow loans up ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Canon-McMillan High School varsity golfer Henry Manciu deserves a big shout-out for turning himself green to raise some green for a children’s charity. Outfitted in green fur, Santa suit and hat, the high school sophomore transforms himself into “The Golfing Grinch” to raise money ...

OP-ED: A journey through Bosnia

In the late 1990s, I somehow found myself on a plane bound for Bosnia, proof that Congressman John Murtha and Don Zucco, then the mayor of Johnstown, could talk me into anything. Our Johnstown delegation, led by Zucco, was headed to BrÄŤko, a city still reeling from the war. As we descended ...