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Kish for the Cure begins Kish Bank invites the public to join in the fight against cancer through its Kish for the Cure Online Auction fundraiser supporting local cancer-related nonprofits, taking place Nov. 8 to 17. Kish for the Cure is an annual grassroots fundraising effort led by Kish ...

Roosevelt Junior High staff reunion planned

A committee is in the planning stages of organizing a reunion of all faculty and staff of the former Roosevelt Junior High School which closed its doors for the final time in 2008. The tentative date for the event is Sunday, May 19, 2024. The committee will finalize the site and it will ...

Complicated signage

Mercedes-Benz is known for high level engineering. One might not think that making a sign for the German vehicle firm would also involve high level engineering, but that would be incorrect in the case of a job being done by Blair Image Elements of Altoona for a Mercedes-Benz factory near ...

Climate insured

NEW YORK — A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says. A report from First Street Foundation released Wednesday ...

5 options to manage credit, loan debt

The return of federal student loan payments in October has the potential to derail your finances, especially if you’re already struggling with credit card payments. One in five student loan borrowers have risk factors that suggest they could struggle with student loan payments when they ...

Budweiser Clydesdales to no longer have tails shortened

The iconic Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer have their tails shortened using a common, yet controversial, procedure that has drawn the ire of animal activists, parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Wednesday. The brewer said in a statement that the change was made earlier this ...