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Blair County commissioners: No easy answers on data centers

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners said Thursday that they have no easy answer for anyone asking if they support or oppose data centers. “There are all different types of data centers,” commissioners Chairman Dave Kessling said Thursday after commissioners adjourned their weekly meeting. Fellow commissioners Laura Burke and Amy Webster also acknowledged their interest and concern. “It’s much more complex than saying you’re for or against them … because they’re not all the same,” Burke said. When Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on Aug. 18 setting stricter environmental and transparency standards for new…

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PSU must reconsider fraternities

If found guilty of some or all of the serious charges filed against them, leaders of an alleged Penn State University drug ring should be shown no mercy by the judicial system unless … Unless they divulge identities of those in New York and Philadelphia who supplied the drugs that the ring peddled, apparently…

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Deeds — Aug. 29-30

Blair County Michael A. and Elizabeth J. Wolford to Edward Kruez Jr., 814-816-818-820-822 Fourth Ave., Juniata, Altoona, $110,000. Daniel L. Jr. and Tara M. Ehredt to Kaitlyn E. Rainey, property in Logan Township, $30,000. Anna M. Carey to Robert Dukeman, 2607 W. Chestnut Ave., Altoona $114,000. Luann Black to Daylon R. Reed, 114 Westwood…

Obituaries

Annette L. ‘Peachy’ (Baird) Danella

Annette L. “Peachy” (Baird) Danella, 78, passed away peacefully on Aug. 20, 2026, in Georgia, after an extended illness. A 1965 graduate of Altoona High School, Annette dedicated many years of service as an inside sales representative for U.S. Food Service (formerly Sky Brothers) before her retirement. Annette was preceded in death by her…