Cranberry Township’s Board of Supervisors are moving forward with a plan to renovate the Rotary Amphitheater. This July, work is set to begin to add an expanded canopy, and upgrade lights and sound to the structure. The work is the first of three phases and will eventually add a plaza and terraced seating.
Aliquippa City Council has accepted a police officer’s resignation. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state laboratory is improving its ability to handle samples that it is testing for the new coronavirus that is sickening people across the globe. State health officials said Wednesday that the lab can now handle about 25 samples a day. A spokesman said that rate should increase in the coming days after the lab gets a piece of equipment, an extractor, that boosts its testing capacity. Officials say there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania. Hospital and state officials in Pennsylvania are encouraging people who fear they may have contracted coronavirus to call their doctor or hospital.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2020
TODAY – A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN DURING THE MORNING
WILL GIVE WAY TO CLOUDY SKIES THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 53.
TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 35.
FRIDAY – CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGH – 42.
SATURDAY – SOME CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE
WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 45.
SUNDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 60.
Tune into “Ask the Commissioners” at 9:10 a.m. today, March 5, 2020. Beaver County Commissioners Dan Camp, Tony Amadio, and Jack Manning will be in studio to answer your questions.
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This week Jim’s guest are Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Chairman of The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission and Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio, Vice-Chairman of The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. They will be discussing about transportation and economic developement.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s aides say the Democratic presidential candidate is thrilled to have former rival Mike Bloomberg’s support. Bloomberg ended his own bid Wednesday after a poor showing and endorsed Biden. The former New York mayor has committed to leaving up his massive campaign operation to help Democrats defeat President Donald Trump in 2020. It’s unclear if Bloomberg would use his resources and organization to help Biden in his nominating fight against Bernie Sanders. Federal campaign finance laws would bar direct coordination between the Biden campaign and Bloomberg on a range of spending possibilities should the former mayor essentially want to turn his campaign into a Biden-aligned super PAC.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An elections administrator in the Tennessee county that includes Nashville is praising voters for turning out on Super Tuesday despite tornado damage to voting locations and roads. More than a dozen voting locations in one county were closed after a tornado swept through Nashville and surrounding areas early Tuesday. Voters navigated road debris and street closures to reach precincts that were not damaged to cast ballots in the presidential primary election. Polls in another county opened at 8 a.m., an hour later than originally planned. Campaigns for four Democratic presidential candidates successfully sued to keep polls open late.
SEATTLE (AP) — As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong. At the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States officials in Washington have so far not ordered that schools be shuttered or that activities be canceled. Washington state reported a total of nine deaths, and and most were residents of a nursing home in suburban Seattle. There have been at least 27 reported cases in the Seattle area. Washington state and Seattle have declared emergencies, which gives leaders broad powers to suspend activities. But so far no direct orders have been issued.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. The House will vote on the deal later Wednesday and Senate leaders are pressing for a vote in that chamber by the end of the week. The legislation came together unusually quickly, a rarity in a deeply polarized Washington. It triples the $2.5 billion plan unveiled by President Donald Trump just last week. Trump is expected to sign the measure, which has the blessing of top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and top House Republican Kevin McCarthy of California.