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RJHS staff reunion set for May 19

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The Roosevelt Junior High School reunion committee has finalized plans to bring together former faculty, staff and non-instructional personnel who worked at the school for an informal get together from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Cesare Battisti Club in Altoona. The event will include ...

Lifesaving drone drops funded

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JOHNSTOWN — The Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission received a nearly $2 million grant Thursday that will enable Cambria County emergency services to deliver lifesaving medical supplies to rural areas by drone. The funds were awarded as a part of the U.S. Department of ...

HASB probes testing concerns

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — School officials said there were no inappropriate questions on a federally required test after a parent took to social media to complain about the content. During Wednesday’s school board meeting, Rodney Green, Hollidaysburg Area School District interim superintendent, ...

Shelters say hoarding cases on the rise

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Hoarding and animal neglect cases are becoming more prevalent, according to Kelly Ruiz, Humane Society of Cambria County executive director. A recent hoarding case in that county is still under investigation after the society took 59 cats out of a Windber home Monday. The cats were placed ...

Skepticism, hope mark Shapiro’s agriculture program

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BELLEFONTE — An open-ended pitch by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to give millions of dollars to Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry to make it more innovative is stoking skepticism and hope among lawmakers and farmers. Shapiro wants to use $10.3 million to create a grant program that ...

Freedom Twp. bridge slated for repair

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County bridge in Freedom Township that’s been closed for nearly two years is scheduled to be replaced this year. Commissioner Amy Webster said Thursday that after the permanent and temporary easement rights are signed and recorded for Bridge 69 on Everett Road, the ...