ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC) — In the nursing industry alone, the Bureau of Labor predicts nearly 200,000 openings each year until 2030. UPMC Altoona is just one of many medical facilities across our region that has been experiencing short staffing issues, especially since COVID took its toll. To help solve that problem, medical officials at Station Medical Center will be hosting a job fair Wednesday to hopefully help fill those many vacant positions.

Mifflin County, PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Mifflin County say a woman was wounded Sunday afternoon after being shot during a domestic-related incident in Lewistown. Lewistown police say officers were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to the 500 block of West 4th Street for reports of the alleged shooting. Police say the victim was reportedly shot twice "in the side" and was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Upon further investigation, police say the shooting reportedly occurred when the victim got into an altercation with another individual inside the residence.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Dr. Anthony Fauci clashed during a Wednesday Senate hearing over royalty payments to government scientists from pharmaceutical companies. "We’ve been asking you and you refuse to answer whether anybody on the vaccine committees gets royalties from the pharmaceutical companies. I asked you last time and what was your response? ‘We don’t have to tell you,’" Paul said. "When we get in charge, we're gonna change the rules and you will have to divulge where you get your royalties from, from what companies and if anybody on the committee has a conflict of interest, we are going to learn about it.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Another tradition in the region was forced to cancel this year because of the pandemic, but a local business in Johnstown is finding a way to keep the annual Gob Fest alive. Custom Cakes and Cookies on Bedford Street in Johnstown began their own in-store gob fest, as a way for locals to still honor the sweet treat. “Everybody just loves gobs. I mean ever since I grew up, you hear gobs, gobs, gobs, everybody wants gobs.

An ad posted on Twitter Friday by clothing retailer Old Navy sparked a controversy on social media. The tweet featuring an interracial family resulted in racists responses from customers vowing to never shop at the retail giant again but it also sparked a flood of positive comments from interracial families thanking Old Navy. Many of them also shared photos of their own families on Twitter and Facebook. ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ56axLR7zZqroqeeYsSwvsudZqiklGK7osLYZpidZaeewal5yKernqqilrCqrctmnZqlmaHGbr%2FPmqmkq12YvK%2FA0aitnqqjrnqwusuipZ4%3D