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Clearfield Co. Inmate Costs 7:00 pm Clearfield County signed a contract with the County Commissioner’s Association of PA’s Prison Inmate Medical Cost containment service in an effort to lower the cost of inmates’ medical bills. “I have to give the warden some credit on this, he was not satisfied with some of the bills we were seeing particularly one very large bill,” said Dave Glass, Clearfield County Commissioner. This contract comes after an inmate at the Clearfield County Jail was taken to a hospital in Altoona for an unexpected medical procedure. Glass said this m...

pray@altoonamirror.com A federal civil rights lawsuit filed against two area prisons has cited the lack of mental health care as the primary reason for the death of an inmate two years ago. Michael L. Duffalo was three days past his 38th birthday when he died from suicide in the Clearfield County Prison on March 10, 2019. The civil rights action stated Duffalo, who was arrested on March 4, 2019, during a domestic incident in Brockway, Jefferson County, was transferred the next day to the Clearfield County Prison because of an outstanding warrant issued by a Clearfield County Court judge. The ...

Boggs Twp. Landfill 7:13 pm Last February the Clearfield County Commissioners appealed the permit to build the Camp Hope Run landfill in Boggs Township. Now over a year later, they say the fight isn’t over just yet. The Clearfield county commissioners appealed the permit issued by the DEP stating that up to 5,000 tons of waste will come into the Camp Hope Run landfill daily. The commissioners said the discovery phase of the appeal process is slowly wrapping up due to COVID-19. “There may be some procedural issues that can be taken care of by filing the appropriate motion wi...

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Clearfield County Grant Money 11:22 pm Through the state’s COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program, Clearfield County was awarded $897,671 in assistance for local hotels and restaurants. The county is working with the North Central PA Regional Planning and Development Commission to give out this money. “We’re to give priority to businesses that qualify that have not received any state or federal or county assistance up to now. That doesn’t mean their excluded just means they go to the bottom of the pile,” said John Sobel, Clearfield County Commissioner. Some qu...