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‘Strong industry headwinds’ lead to bankruptcy for Guardian Healthcare
Brockway, PA-based Guardian Healthcare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, founded in 1995, operates 23 skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as well as three senior living communities and an in-house pharmacy. “Strong industry headwinds in recent years caused financial challenges for many skilled nursing...
A Place At Home Expands with Five New Franchise Locations
August 01, 2024 // Franchising.com // OMAHA, Neb. - A Place At Home is kicking off August with the opening of five new franchise locations. The new locations include the first-ever Georgia office and two each in Pennsylvania and Texas. They all begin serving the senior population on August 1.
New month, same oppressive trend as central Pa. set to go under another heat advisory
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for several central Pennsylvania counties this week and is predicting heat indexes near or over 100 degrees. Dauphin, Lancaster, Cumberland, Adams, York, Franklin, Perry and Lebanon counties are included in the heat advisory, which is in effect from noon Thursday until 8 p.m. Friday.
State park to get new lease on life, who won the Pa. elk lottery, where to fish in Pa.
When a facility no longer makes sense for its surroundings, it’s time to do something different. That’s what’s happening with a state park in northcentral Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation...
A five-generation family farm in Beaver County is on Pennsylvania's ice cream trail
FOMBELL, Pa. (KDKA) -- A five-generation family dairy farm in Fombell is known for their homemade ice cream and milk in not only their surrounding communities but throughout the state. Some visitors travel from Philadelphia and the Poconos to taste this family farm's sweet treats.Windy Ridge Dairy attracts visitors far and wide, being part of Visit Pennsylvania's ice cream trail that highlights homemade creameries throughout Pennsylvania. "Everybody loves that it's local," said daughter Lindsay Fischer-Blinn. "They know where it's coming from. We milk the cows every morning, we milk the cows every night, we bottle the milk ourselves. There's four...
Pennsylvania nurses honor fallen colleagues with special services
(WTAJ) — In 2019, after scrolling on social media, Cindy Bowman had an idea to create the Central PA Nurses Honor Guard. “It’s very similar to how the military, firemen and police honor their people,” Bowman, Founder and president of the group, said. “We just thought nurses are deserving of it too.” The group is […]
PA State Fire Commission gets a special look at the innovations at Snap-tite Hose
A key piece of equipment that firefighters rely on to protect them is their hose. The Pennsylvania State Fire Commission got a behind-the-scenes look at how they’re made. A local company is preparing firefighters for their toughest battles. After being globally recognized for its test trials and advancement of...
Shapiro administration awards over $15 million for rural electric grid
Harrisburg, Pa. — The electric grid in Pennsylvania is getting a boost thanks to more than $15 million in grants through DEP. The 2024 Pennsylvania Grid Resilience Grants (PA GRG) funding will improve grid reliability in mostly rural counties across the state. “The impacts of these targeted investments across the Commonwealth are clear; power outages will be prevented and outage time when they occur will be reduced,” said DEP Acting...
New Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Equalize Mental Health Care Costs for Military Families
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the bipartisan Stop Copay Overpay Act, targeting improved affordability and access to mental and behavioral health care for military servicemembers, veterans, and their families via TRICARE. This legislation aims to align the cost of mental health care visits with those of primary healthcare visits across all TRICARE plans.