CARROLLTOWN — When Cambria Heights Elementary School students returned to school last Thursday, the district’s new rooftop solar array was already running and generating electricity for their classrooms, Superintendent Ken Kerchenske said. During a ribbon-cutting…
Antis Township supervisors voted Thursday to file a petition to retain control of the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company’s assets. During…
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County’s Children, Youth & Families office is slated to receive a one-year operating license valid through October…
Signs of strain are emerging in Pennsylvania’s economy as job growth slows, unemployment and underemployment rise among minority workers and…
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners agreed Thursday to again solicit applications for another round of funding from the National Opioid…
STATE COLLEGE — Lawyers for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky asked Thursday to cancel a court date…
Juniata Valley and Northern Bedford have been two of the most successful Class 1A high school football programs in the area over the last decade, and they will meet tonight in Loysburg in a big Inter-County Conference matchup. Northern Bedford is coming off a win over Curwensville while Juniata Valley fell to Berlin Brothersvalley…
Last year some area journalists thought Penn State could run the table on its…
George Kaup of Tyrone travels north on Logan Avenue in Tyrone on his electric…
It’s probable that most Blair County residents who, in recent weeks, heard references to Flock cameras believed that the devices would be just a big-city thing or an immigration-control mechanism confined mostly to states in close proximity to the Mexican border. Imagine the surprise and pangs of concern that were immediate reactions to the…
Editor’s note: the following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County Adam J. Dunn and Laurie M. St. John, both of Altoona. Christopher M. Dun and Tessa C. Ward, both of Altoona. Morgan L. Dutrow and Bradley L. Baronner, both of Bellwood. Brandon J. Eade and Hannah C.…
Joseph Francis Canole Jr, 80, of Arlington, Va., passed away on Dec. 20, 2025. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at Myers-Somers Funeral Home Inc., 501 Sixth Ave., Altoona. A graveside gathering will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Calvary Cemetery, Altoona. In…
