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Resident raises data center concerns

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Roaring Spring resident asked Blair County commissioners Thursday morning to look into the data center allegedly being…

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The uninsured rate for U.S. adults ages 19-64 rose to 11.2% this year, up from 8.9% in 2024, according to a new analysis by the Commonwealth Fund, a health policy and philanthropic nonprofit. Do you have health insurance?

Local Business

DoorDash offers $17B for Instacart in takeover

DoorDash is offering $17 billion to buy Instacart in a deal that could consolidate the grocery delivery business in the U.S. and abroad. The companies say the tie-up would combine DoorDash’s global reach and expertise in logistics with Instacart’s purpose-built technology and long relationships with grocers. It could also help the companies better compete…

Editorials

Will not feeding stray cats solve the problem?

Feeding the homeless can get you in trouble in some places. Cities from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale have banned offering food to people living on the streets out of an attempt to discourage the unhoused from being a visible presence. It’s gone on for years. It hasn’t helped. The National Alliance to End Homelessness…

Public Records

Divorces Oct. 24-25, 2026

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the prothonotary’s offices at area county courthouses. Blair County SHUNK –– Alissa, Potomac, Md.; Jonathan, Altoona. Married April 11, 2023. KOCH –– Robert A., Altoona; Angela R., Jensen Beach, Fla. Married Oct. 5, 2022. BLATTENBERGER –– Andrew L.; Tracy L., both of Martinsburg. Married Aug. 31,…

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