In Tuesday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, we shared the story of Connor Segraves, a 10-year-old performing music at assisted living facilities in our region. Connor’s acts of kindness deserve praise, and we are happy for the opportunity share his story with our ...
Two members of our state Senate, Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Fayetteville and Sen. Chris Gebhard, R-North Cornwall Township, have yet again introduced legislation to address property taxes assessed by school districts. The latest proposal would begin the process of amending the state Constitution ...
The aftermath of the 12-day war with Iran looks mixed more than two weeks later. Iran’s nuclear program was badly damaged and likely set back for years. But the Ayatollah’s government isn’t admitting defeat and shows no signs of dropping its revolutionary or nuclear designs. That puts into focus the next policy question for the U.S.: Will Mr. Trump’s cease-fire give way to diplomacy that deepens the achievements of the war, or will it put those achievements at risk? Iran is still talking tough and rejecting Mr. Trump’s demands, even after bailing out of the fight with Israel ...
We are disappointed by the challenges a family in the village of English Center is encountering as it grapples with the remnants of flooding. The flooding, as detailed in an article in this past weekend’s Sun-Gazette, left rocks and stones uprooted from stream beds on the family’s ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro is accepting donations for the repairs the state-owned governor’s mansion will need after the April arson, Spotlight PA reported in Friday’s edition of the Sun-Gazette — and his staff are dragging their feet on identifying who those donors are. The governor’s decision to resist releasing the names of donors to renovate the damaged governor’s mansion is unfortunately not surprising. Too often public servants attempt to evade the type of record-keeping essential to permitting the accountability that the checks and balances of our system are meant to ensure. As ...
For more than 40 years, the Department of Defense has operated satellites that collect information about atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The microwave frequencies from the DOD satellites provide data that is processed by a group within the Navy and shared with scientists and weather forecasters who use it for different purposes, including for real-time hurricane forecasting. The Department of Defense announced that it would discontinue sharing the data “no later than July 31,” according to a statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. The DOD will ...
