For 55 years, the Juniata Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8685 has been serving local law enforcement officers a free turkey dinner once a year at their annual police recognition event. Thursday night’s dinner was meant to celebrate and recognize working and retired law enforcement ...
President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger program used by 42 million ...
Gary Long said he was honored and surprised to be named winner of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Community Excellence Award. “It is an award I’ve known about for years but didn’t focus on,” he said, adding it’s an honor he didn’t expect in his line of ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight. In a test vote ...
NICKTOWN — The Lieb family of Barr Ridge Farms was recently honored as Farm Family of the Year by the Cambria County Farm Bureau. Founded by Adam Lieb in 1861, today the farm is operated by his great-great-great-grandsons Aaron and Bob Lieb. The farm bureau does not give out the award ...
A Williamsburg man who built a cabin on top of Brush Mountain in Antis Township on property he doesn’t own, and who is trying to correct issues with the site so he can occupy it legally, complained this week to the township supervisors that he’s been unable to start a dialog with an ...