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The Waffle Shop in downtown State College reopened for business on Monday at 7 a.m. after being closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Senate passage of President Joe Bidens $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill on Saturday brought the massive legislation one step closer to law.

As the pandemic drags on, big chains like Target and Nordstrom are looking for ways to keep consumers coming back to their stores.

Tom Venesky, Northeast Pennsylvania Correspondent In 2019, Texas lawmakers made a distinction between hemp and marijuana based on the level of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, in a plant. If a plant has less than 0.3% THC, it is designated hemp. Both federal and state restrictions on hemp have loosened in recent years. As a result, the value of hemp has skyrocketed, said Dmitry Kurouski, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics, who led the study. Hemp is rich in compounds that are prize...

The city of Grand Junction will be investing an extra $1 million into the Dos Rios project to create additional park space, improve the river access and add a splash pad. The new park amenities were added after the city and buyer negotiated a deal to amend the contract and extend the closing date by 60 days to the end of April. This is the second extension of the closing the city has signed. City Attorney John Shaver said the purchaser was completing due diligence work over the fall, but delaye...

This isn’t your elderly aunt’s E-Class. We’ll get back to that, but first—consider how new cars are introduced to the press these days. Instead of junkets to exotic locales, where we put the “product” through its paces, cars now debut on Zoom. We...

Apple is no longer making the iMac Pro, once the most-powerful computer the company offered.

The key COVID-19 metrics in Forsyth County and statewide remained on a downward trend over the weekend, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday. Forsyth was reported with 55 cases on Saturday and 36 on Sunday. The overall total for the pandemic is at 32,311. The new case total has now been below 100 for seven consecutive reports — and for 15 of the past 18 days. There were no additional COVID-19-related deaths reported over the weekend. Deaths have been listed for ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY — When Women’s Club of South County (GFWC) member Suzan Amoruso was brainstorming of a new, charitable activity the volunteer service organization could undertake, she considered a world reshaped by the pandemic and one of the public institutions she enjoys most. “I was trying to think of something contact-less that the club could do and I also love libraries,” said Amoruso. “Then I thought these independent stores are struggling.” Now through the...

The demand for behavioral health services for children has increased in recent years, and the COVID-19 has pushed that need even higher.