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Ben Destefan

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Editor of The Courier Express (@celocal). Shippensburg University '09. #SteelerNation

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  • 2 weeks ago | theprogressnews.com | Ben Destefan

    UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Board of Trustees voted, 25-8, Thursday evening to close seven branch campuses, including Penn State DuBois, at the end of the 2026-27 academic year. DuBois was one of the commonwealth campuses recommended for closure in a report produced by a workgroup tasked with reviewing the future of 12 branch campuses. In addition to DuBois, Penn State campuses at Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York will also close following Thursday’s vote.

  • 2 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Ben Destefan

    Editor’s note: The unofficial results of the primary election for contested local races referenced for this article were provided by county election offices. p p pBROOKVILLE — Three row officer positions were contested on the Republican ballot across Jefferson County in Tuesday’s primary election, including coroner, prothonotary/clerk of courts and treasurer. For coroner, according to unofficial results, Greg Furlong defeated James E. O’Bryon and Todd M.

  • 2 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Ben Destefan

    UNIVERSITY PARK - The Penn State Board of Trustees voted, 25-8, Thursday evening to close seven branch campuses, including Penn State DuBois, at the end of the 2026-27 academic year. DuBois was one of the commonwealth campuses recommended for closure in a report produced by a workgroup tasked with reviewing the future of 12 branch campuses. In addition to DuBois, Penn State campuses at Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York will also close following Thursday's vote.

  • 2 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Ben Destefan

    Editor’s note: The unofficial results of the primary election for contested local races referenced for this article were provided by county election offices. Results of non-contested races can be found on Clearfield County’s website. DuBOIS — Voters across Clearfield County set up a November contest between Josh Maines and Ryan P. Sayers for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 46th Judicial District. Maines easily won the Democratic primary Tuesday, receiving 2,026 votes.

  • 2 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Ben Destefan

    Editor's note: The unofficial results of the primary election for contested races referenced for this article were provided by county election offices as of 11 p.m. Tuesday. Results were not available for Elk County as of 11 p.m. Full local results of the Pennsylvania municipal primary election will be featured online at thecourierexpress.com Wednesday and in print Thursday.

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