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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is due preferably before August 1st, 2025. This applies to students in Pennsylvania who are planning to enroll in a school for business, trade or technical purposes. This also applies to students in Pennsylvania who are planning to enroll in a two-year program that cannot be transferrable to another institution, as well as a community college. Finally, this also applies to students in Pennsylvania who are planning to enroll in an Open-Admission institution in Pennsylvania that is designated. If these students want to be considered for a PA State Grant Award, they need to submit their FAFSA by August 1st, 2025.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wexford, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, the AHN Cancer Institute will host its monthly cancer screening clinic at the AHN Wexford Health and Wellness Pavilion in Wexford. This will occur on Saturday, August 16th and is available for those who are either patients or non-patients of AHN or for those who have or do not have health insurance. People can receive multiple screenings for eight types of cancer, which according to that same release from Allegheny Health Network, are as follows:

• Breast cancer (ages 40-74)
• Cervical cancer (ages 21-65)
• Colorectal cancer (ages 45-75)
• Head and neck cancers (ages 18+)
• Lung cancer (ages 50-80 with a history of smoking)
• Prostate cancer (ages 45-74)
• Skin cancer (ages 18+)

Eligible patients can call 412-359-6665 to make an appointment.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is urging those to give blood or platelets this summer. O blood is needed the most and there will be A1C testing that is free in the month of August by the Red Cross organization. Those who give by July 31st will get an email for a Fandango Movie Reward. If you give between August 1st-28th, you will get an e-gift card to a merchant of your choosing. According to a release from the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania, here is some more information and online links about giving blood or platelets this summer:

How to donate blood

Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Blood and platelet donors can save time at their next donation by using RapidPass^® to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, before arriving at the blood drive. To get started, follow the instructions at the link below:

Click here for the link: RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass,

or use the Blood Donor App.

Amplify your impact − volunteer!
Another way to support the lifesaving mission of the Red Cross is to become a volunteer blood donor ambassador at Red Cross blood drives. Blood donor ambassadors help greet, check in and thank blood donors to ensure they have a positive donation experience.

Volunteers can also serve as transportation specialists, playing a vital role in ensuring lifesaving blood products are delivered to nearby hospitals. For more information and to apply for either position, contact Volunteer Services at 1-800-422-7677 or visit the link below:

Click here for the link: redcross.org/volunteertoday.

Click any of these links below for more information:

RedCrossBlood.org/July.

RedCrossBlood.org

RedCrossBlood.org/Test

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published July 23, 2025 5:35 P.M.

(Pittsburgh, Pa) On a warm Wednesday afternoon, flights were arriving and departing Pittsburgh International Airport as usual. What wasn’t the usual was continued construction taking place on a new terminal to replace the aging 1992 facility. The new PIT terminal is getting close to completion and those in charge say they expect it to open by the end of the year.

 

Beaver County Radio was given a special tour of the construction site Wednesday afternoon and learned what to expect.

One big goal that those in charge of the project have is the service that the terminal provides. “When people come to airports they are stressed, we want this facility to serve people.”

Siri Betts Sonstegard, the Senior Vice President Experience Designer, says that the new facility will be accessible to everyone. Whether you are in a wheelchair or taking care of babies and children, the new experience will be much more friendly to all.

Currently, the airport TSA checkpoint operates 6 lanes and has TSA officers watching for anyone who backtracks. Some security protocols also require people to do things such as take off shoes and open laptop cases.

Sonstegard says the new checkpoint will be “one big checkpoint” that features 12 lanes and new cutting edge technology. Travelers will no longer have to perform tasks that include taking shoes off and others. A new door system will also prevent people from backtracking. There will also be a “reduce stress” zone following the TSA check with benches and tables to relax.

 

Another new addition that Sonstegard highlighted is the “thoughtful send off” area. The area is designed to feel like a living room where travelers can say goodbye to friends or families in a comfortable environment.

Those who are arriving to the airport after a flight will be similarly greeted with an area including tables and seating along with a locally based coffee stand.

Paul Hoback, a Beaver County resident who is the Chief Development Officer, highlighted numerous other aspects of the project. He noted that they wanted to have three things that define Pittsburgh to be the center focus of the experience. Those three things are nature, community, and technology.

Four outdoor terraces will help serve as the nature role, featuring soil, bushes, and trees to provide a relaxing area that two of which will be open to both travelers and visitors. Hodak says they hope to even have public events in the spaces.

He also mentioned that sustainability has been a focus, revealing that the terraces will take advantage of rainwater that will be captured through a system on the terminal roof.

In addition to the terraces, windows will also help with the nature concept. Large windows are installed throughout most of the upper half and ceilings of the facilty providing an array of natural light.

Among the other new technology being implanted is a new baggage system. The current 33 year old system consists of over 8 miles of track and is very loud. The new system which is currently undergoing testing is quicker and almost silent.

The heart of Pittsburgh will be on display throughout the terminal with a theme that locals will immediately spot. The color scheme throughout the facility is black and gold, and an audio system installed on the escalators will play “sounds of Pittsburgh” which will be audio from Pittsburgh sports.

Volunteers were recently requested to take part in a trial run of terminal operations. To the organizers suprise, over 18,000 people have signed up for the job. The test run will take place on September 20th and 2000 participants will be selected.

The project is at 92% completion and Paul Hoback says he expects the terminal to be open by the fourth quarter of 2025. He adds “it would be irresponsible” to name a specific date at this point.

As for the old facilities, he says there are ideas out there and multiple potential outcomes to be decided.

Speaking one on one with Hoback, he told Beaver County Radio “this is Beaver County’s airport, this is Allegheny County’s airport, this is Butler County’s Airport, Washington County’s airport”, “this is our hometown Airport and we want to make sure that those people are proud.”

When Beaver County Radio asked Hoback what he is most excited for when the new terminal opens, he quickly said “the faces”, alleging that those who enter the facility will be happy and proud of the new Pittsburgh International Airport.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, on Saturday, July 19th, 2025, Deluzio joined a rail safety roundtable with Congressman Mike Rulli, union rail workers, and stakeholders from Beaver County and Eastern Ohio. The conversation held in Columbiana, Ohio touched on the approach of the Trump administration to rail safety, rail safety legislation that is pending and issues of worker safety like inspections. Two U.S. House members that were representatives of the district impacted by the 2023 East Palestine train derailment and train workers were also brought together. The site of the conversation was about ten miles away from the site of that 2023 derailment in East Palestine.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bryn Mawr, PA) According to a release from Essential Utilities, Inc., the company announced Tuesday that its Aqua Pennsylvania Subsidiary finalized a $37.75 million purchase of the City of Beaver Falls wastewater system. Around 3,200 members in the City of Beaver Falls are served by this water system. Treatment service and bulk transmission for about 3,800 Equivalent Dwelling Units will be in Big Beaver Borough, Eastvale Borough, North Sewickley Township, Patterson Township, Patterson Heights Borough, White Township and West Mayfield Borough. On June 18th, 2025, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission made an approval of this sale.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Pennsylvania broke its year-old record of gambling revenues by over $500 million since July of 2024. $2.48 billion in revenue is coming from gaming online instead of going to the slot machines, which according to Pennsylvania state officials, makes a revenue of about $2.44 billion. The record for gambling revenue is now $6.4 billion in Pennsylvania. This record comes from those two options for games as well as coming from terminals for video games, casino table games, betting on sports and fantasy sports contests. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Altoona, PA) According to a release from Sheetz, Sheetz is teaming up with Liquid Death for a first-of-its-kind experience involving chainsaws that is happening in a select Pittsburgh Sheetz location for one day only. This deal will happen from 2-5 p.m. there on Friday, July 25th. If you order a Made to Order Sandwich and a 19.2-ounce mountain water, sparkling water, or iced tea from Liquid Death that day there, your sandwich will be sliced with an actual chainsaw. Influencer Jenna Ceriani, who is known as Chainsaw Jenna, will be on site cutting these sandwiches with a chainsaw. You can visit the link shown here for the exact location of this event.

Click this link to find out more: Chainsaw-Sliced Sandwich Experience

Customers who purchase a Made to Order sandwich at any of the more than locations of Sheetz will get $2 off a Liquid Death 19.2-ounce tea or water. There is a one redemption per customer limit. This offer must be included in the Sheetz app under the tab titled OFFERZ.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: President Donald Trump speaks during a reception for Republican members of Congress in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation.

“This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States “will continue to always have a great relationship with the Country of Japan.”

The president said Japan would invest “at my direction” $550 billion into the U.S. and would “open” its economy to American autos and rice. The 15% tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25% rate that Trump, in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1.

Early Wednesday, Ishiba acknowledged the new trade agreement, saying it would benefit both sides and help them work together.

With the announcement, Trump is seeking to tout his ability as a dealmaker — even as his tariffs, when initially announced in early April led to a market panic and fears of slower growth that for the moment appear to have subsided. Key details remained unclear from his post, such as whether Japanese-built autos would face a higher 25% tariff that Trump imposed on the sector.

But the framework fits a growing pattern for Trump, who is eager to portray the tariffs as win for the U.S. His administration says the revenues will help reduce the budget deficit and more factories will relocate to America to avoid the import taxes and cause trade imbalances to disappear.

The wave of tariffs continues to be a source of uncertainty about whether it could lead to higher prices for consumers and businesses if companies simply pass along the costs. The problem was seen sharply Tuesday after General Motors reported a 35% drop in its net income during the second quarter as it warned that tariffs would hit its business in the months ahead, causing its stock to tumble.

As the Aug. 1 deadline for the tariff rates in his letters to world leaders is approaching, Trump also announced a trade framework with the Philippines that would impose a tariff of 19% on its goods, while American-made products would face no import taxes. The president also reaffirmed his 19% tariffs on Indonesia.

The U.S. ran a $69.4 billion trade imbalance on goods with Japan last year, according to the Census Bureau.

America had a trade imbalance of $17.9 billion with Indonesia and an imbalance of $4.9 billion with the Philippines. Both nations are less affluent than the U.S. and an imbalance means America imports more from those countries than it exports to them.

The president is set to impose the broad tariffs listed in his recent letters to other world leaders on Aug. 1, raising questions of whether there will be any breakthrough in talks with the European Union. At a Tuesday dinner, Trump said the EU would be in Washington on Wednesday for trade talks.

“We have Europe coming in tomorrow, the next day,” Trump told guests.

The president earlier this month sent a letter threatening the 27 member states in the EU with 30% taxes on their goods to be imposed starting on Aug. 1.

The Trump administration has a separate negotiating period with China that is currently set to run through Aug. 12 as goods from that nation are taxed at an additional 30% baseline.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he would be in the Swedish capital of Stockholm next Monday and Tuesday to meet with his Chinese counterparts. Bessent said his goal is to shift the American economy away from consumption and to enable more consumer spending in the manufacturing-heavy Chinese economy.

“President Trump is remaking the U.S. into a manufacturing economy,” Bessent said on the Fox Business Network show “Mornings with Maria.” “If we could do that together, we do more manufacturing, they do more consumption. That would be a home run for the global economy.”