Once a Dukie, always a Dukie. Lewistown native Krista Gingrich will be watching Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday and cheering for an old classmate from Tobacco Row. It seems San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan accepted a scholarship offer from Duke University for the 1998 season, the same time the talented Gingrich arrived on […]
LEWISTOWN During a time when plant species are going extinct faster than any period in human history, the survival of species and persistence of healthy ecosystems requires science-based decisions. Recent reports reveal an alarming conclusion: 34 percent of plants are at risk of extinction; and 41 percent of ecosystems are at risk of collapse. […]
LEWISTOWN The Juniata River Valley Chamber of Commerce Business and Education Committee held their annual meeting Thursday at the Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology; lunch was provided by Academy culinary students. Local businesses, school district representatives, post-secondary providers and other community leaders participate on this committee. Committee members aim to provide further […]
LEWISTOWN Nearly 20 years ago, Su Salvatore and the late Bonnie McCurdy attended a Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital fundraiser where they made an important diagnosis about breast cancer survivors in the Juniata Valley. After talking to other survivors, Salvatore and McCurdy realized each one had their own unique journey and story to share. “There is no […]
BURNHAM When the Juniata Valley YMCA asked Aubrey Kirkland to paint a mural on its walls, the Mifflintown artist was excited yet nervous to follow in her father’s footsteps. “It’s neat that we both have a mural in the same building,” the 20-year-old Kirkland said. In 2011, Aubrey’s father, Dwight, painted a mural inside […]