EBENSBURG — Since the Cambria County Liberty Torch made its way to Central Cambria this week, district officials decided to celebrate in a big way — with an inaugural civics bowl competition in which about 45 students put their knowledge of the country and the county’s history to the ...
Lower-income Americans sharply reduced their gas consumption in the month following the Iran war, yet spiking prices still forced them to spend more at the pump, worsening the economy’s disparities, new research released Wednesday showed. Higher-income households, meanwhile, ratcheted up ...
NEW YORK — With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war. On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced “Project ...
Central Pennsylvania Nurses Honor Guard member Gretchen Eardley, LPN, (right) of Altoona presents a flower to Sally Weber during a nurses recognition ceremony at Garvey Manor on Monday afternoon. Ten retired nurses were honored at the facility. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills. A small group of opponents has been demonstrating at the drilling location and at the mining ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The city woman who pleaded no contest in April to charges filed after causing a fiery crash in Altoona was sentenced Monday to about three to 15 years in a state correctional facility. Breanna Mae Lord, 26, entered a no-contest plea to all 13 charges against her, including ...