NEW YORK — Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could…
Cambria County senior centers shifting hours
EBENSBURG — Several senior centers in Cambria County are expected to reduce days of operation, while the Portage Borough center…
Flooding response earns praise from Blair County commissioners
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners, who on Thursday praised the county’s emergency management staff and responders addressing recent flooding, also…
Salvation Army extends cooling center in Altoona
The Altoona Salvation Army Church, 1813 Sixth Ave., has extended its availability as a cooling center for anyone who needs…
Trump speech focuses on elections
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to once again raise doubts about the…
Bedford’s Bette Brown Slayton Business Park breaks ground
Local and state officials gathered in Bedford County Thursday to break ground on the planned Bette Brown Slayton Business Park.…
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Local Sports
PIAA wrestling regionals facing major changes
STATE COLLEGE — The PIAA revealed its plan to change the Class 2A boys…
PSU
James Franklin should lose ‘chip on shoulder’
The Atlantic Coast Conference football media days are scheduled this week in Charlotte, and…
Area Life
A sweet moment
Caitlin Stephens watches her son, Harold Stephens, 2, both of Altoona, enjoy a tub…
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Local Business
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Fed chair sidesteps Senate questions
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Editorials
Leniency on property right decision
Despite giving an example of blight in their municipality the tough attention it deserves, the Logan Township supervisors extended a degree of leniency — correctly — to the owner of a blighted property on Sandy Run Road, giving her about four months to get the unsightly situation under control. The supervisors had the option…
Questions abound on state budget
New pet emergency team lauded
Why does Pa. have a budget deadline?
Public Records
Divorces
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Bedford County SELBY — John, Everett; Megan, Bedford. FARRALL — Benjamin, Kimberly, both of Hyndman. ELLENBERGER — Cheyanne Ellenberger, Brown Mills, NJ; Mitchell Shaffer, Bedford. KEEFER — Andrea Lynn, Christopher Gilbert, both of Bedford. SHAWL — George Edward, Breezewood;…
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Obituaries
Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Feathers Jr.
Ronald “Ronnie” Feathers Jr., 64, of Claysburg, passed away Wednesday at home. He was born in Roaring Spring, son of the late Ronald W. Sr. and Edna (Dickinson) Feathers. He is survived by his daughter, Autumn Weyandt (Dustin); a sister, Michelle Bauman (Michael); grandsons: Silas, Emmett and Levi; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews…