Altoona city fire engineer Neil Deyarmin trains on a hazardous materials leak simulator on Tuesday in preparation for the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy’s certification test to be held Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Spring Cove School Board member resigns
ROARING SPRING — The Spring Cove School Board, during Monday night’s meeting, discussed the resignation of member Kevin Smith, who…
Altoona to pay $7.7M toward employee pension funds
Altoona must pay a total of about $7.7 million toward its three employee pension funds for next year, according to…
Altoona residents question City Council after racist post
Several attendees at a City Council meeting Monday praised city officials for their quick termination last month of a code…
Students explore career options at Cambria County college fair
JOHNSTOWN — With graduation on the horizon, about 600 high school and college students considered different careers at the 24th…
Donor pledges another $500K to Penn Cambria School District
CRESSON — The Penn Cambria School District is one step closer to making its proposed stadium revitalization initiative a reality…
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Local Sports
It’s all in the hands
Cambria Heights’ Aubrey Ranck goes up for the spike against Portage’s Kierra McCarty during…
PSU
Penn State report card — Temple
Quarterbacks — B+ Becht continues accuracy (72.2%) with four TDs and no picks. Early…
Area Life
On the level
Shea Fleck of Butler Restoration, Altoona, removes brick pavers under the Devorris Pavilion at…
Local Business
Federal Reserve expected to raise benchmark rate
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation, a move that would put the central bank at odds with President Donald Trump’s support for a cut. A quarter-point increase in the Fed’s rate, currently about…
Congress not rushing AI regulation
Trump calls data center concerns a ‘conspiracy’
Briefcase: WTAJ to launch new weeknight program
Editorials
New train service needs local support
“Amtrak sets debut for second train” was the headline atop the Mirror’s Aug. 25 edition. However, there is much more to the story than that headline was able to communicate, and that includes the message that appeared beneath the headline: “Added Pennsylvanian route scheduled to start in November.” That “much more to the story”…
Norfolk Southern issues far from resolved
Frankstown case a lesson for others
Flock uses, safety require more debate
Public Records
Divorces
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County BECKER –– Terry; Tory, both of Altoona. Married July 24, 2009. KIDD –– Matthew S., Hollidaysburg; Jessica K., Sproul. Married June 1, 2009. McGARVEY –– Dirk, Van Cleave, Mich.; Brooke, Tyrone. Married Dec. 4, 2013. IGOU ––…
Marriage licenses
Deeds — Sept. 12-13
Bankruptcies — Sept. 12-13
Obituaries
