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Somerset County Commissioners Nov. 3 approved a bid award, contract and agreement. The commissioners entered into an agreement with Claire Deist as an independent contractor assisting the county's Prothonotary Office and its Records Improvement Committee with records verification, retention and preservation, at a rate of $15 per hour for no more than 7.5 hours per week, effective through May 1. A contract for the Children and Youth Service office improvement project went to Chose Construction, at $15,180 for general construction, and to K&K Plumbing at $45,987 for plumbing. The bid from the Oct. 14 bid opening was reviewed by APEX Engineering, and the work is grant funded. More: Public hearing allowed residents to voice concerns about data centers The commissioner approved a contract for the 911 Center with GateKeeper, a system which provides dispatchers with an FBI compliant program to access criminal justice information when dispatching law enforcement personnel. The cost is an initial $2,700 with an annual reoccurring fee of $240. The contract is PEMA funded. Also approved was a resolution requesting a Statewide Local Share grant of $88,000 from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to be used to purchase a generator for the Area Agency on Aging of Somerset
Somerset County's two representatives in the Pennsylvania General Assembly ran unopposed and easily won their district races in the Nov. 3 general election, according to unofficial election results posted online by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the 69th Legislative District, incumbent Carl Walker Metzgar, a Republican, received a total of 20,534 votes. The 69th district covers the majority of Somerset County , other than four municipalities in the northern part of the county that are part of the 71st District. Jim Rigby, also a Republican, received a total of 19,070 votes to remain the incumbent state representative for the 71st District, including 2,501 votes from Somerset County. The 71st District includes Paint and Windber boroughs and Ogle and Paint townships in Somerset County, as well as 30 municipalities in Cambria County. Overall, the voting turnout in Somerset County on Nov. 3 was 55.6%, with 27,019 ballots cast out of the 48,578 registered voters in the county's 67 precincts, according to unofficial results from the county's Board of Elections. This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Somerset County returns Metzgar, Rigby to seats in General Assembly
Covered bridges are typically visited for their scenic beauty, but that’s not the case with Herline Covered Bridge, one of the most allegedly haunted places in Pennsylvania. In fact, this particular destination has been associated with a haunted legend for over 150 years. And while the bridge is certainly picturesque, what inspires lore is the […]
A cable car here climbs a hillside so steep that Guinness calls it the steepest vehicular inclined plane in the world. It can carry cars, too. That alone made me look twice. The same city has the only Marvel-approved public art mural on the planet. It also has a downtown...
For just four days out of the year, you can visit a small, village-like Christmas town right in the middle of Preston County.
An underground fire fueled by coal and insulated by glass has been burning near the former Westmoreland Glass plant in Hempfield Township since March. Firefighters and township officials are monitoring the site daily to prevent the blaze from spreading.
A weekend flea market now fills the shell of an old movie theater, and the shopping covers about 100,000 square feet. That’s a lot of room for trinkets, toys, and treasures that used to share space with popcorn. I love the idea of hunting for vintage finds where people...
In the wake of this week's tragedy in Mt. Lebanon, mental health is top of mind, including for first responders.
In some parts of Western Pennsylvania, homeowners could have to pay more than $10,000 when trying to sell.
All the content on this site is created 100% by a human who has actually visited all these places. You can trust it's first-hand information and never AI generated or assisted. If hiking somewhere with ruins, natural beauty, and creepy ghost stories sounds exciting, Dead Man’s Hollow Conservation Area in...
Garrett County has been awarded $800,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funding to begin a system-wide overhaul of the Friendsville water system, according to a press release from the office of Gov. Wes Moore. The grant will pay for Phase 1 engineering design and initial construction of the water...
WARFORDSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Road work is continuing on an area highway this week and next. PennDOT said a contractor began pipe repairs on Interstate 70 westbound between mileposts 162 and 159.5 in Fulton County on Monday. That work will last until Friday. Also this week, crews are installing recessed black and white tape on […]
PERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Members of the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Company recently came to the rescue of an elderly dog that found herself in a difficult situation after sliding approximately 40 feet down a steep embankment over the weekend. According to the fire company, Station 12 was...
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland hunters harvested 89 black bears during the state’s 23rd annual black bear hunt held Oct. 26-31 in Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties. The 2026 harvest was consistent with the 5-year average of 95 bears. The 2026 harvest consisted of 28 male and 61 female...
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A new facility is opening in the Johnstown area and is aimed at helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities build independence. Career Rehabilitation Building Services celebrated the grand opening of its new adult day program on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony along Ferndale...
The film will be screened as an official selection of the Centre County Film Festival on Friday at noon.
A section of Route 997 (Cumberland Highway) in Greene Township will close while a contractor replaces the railroad crossing north of Chambersburg, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Weather permitting, the closure will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and continue through 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. The...
Washington County Court of Common Pleas — Reported Site of Poll Worker Removal. Twenty-three people who cast emergency ballots at a Washington County precinct Tuesday may find their votes in jeopardy after an electronic poll book failure meant none of them were ever recorded in a required backup paper ledger. The problem, discovered at the Miraculous Medal Banquet Hall precinct known as Chartiers-3, triggered a scramble by county officials to track the voters down before polls closed and led a judge to pull the precinct's election chief from his post mid-Election Day.
Autonomous vehicles could begin speeding around a $39 million test track in East Huntingdon this spring. Construction on the ambitious Pennsylvania Safety, Transportation and Research Track — or PennSTART project, a 2-mile high-speed loop that will host vehicle testing and safety training for first responders — is expected to be complete as early as April.
