The Blair Township Water and Sewer Authority resolved Wednesday to continue pursuing its troubled Reservoir Road sewer project, insofar as it is financially and legally feasible. The commitment is in keeping with a proposal a couple weeks ago designed to avoid forfeiting $2.5 million in ...
Blair County Planning Commission members last week rejected a proposal to develop another section of the former Matterns Holiday Hills Orchard. Graystone Hollidaysburg LLC is proposing to divide an undeveloped 22.02-acre parcel for development of 13 lots for detached single family ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County’s Children Youth & Families office will host its annual Child Abuse Awareness Event at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 9, in front of the county Courthouse. Commissioners, when meeting Thursday, approved use of the courtyard for the event. Commissioners also ...
A former inmate of the Blair County Prison has filed a federal civil rights complaint seeking damages from county officials and the facility’s medical provider due to injuries he received last year when he was pummeled by six other inmates. Travis J. McClure, 38, of Altoona, charges that he ...
Blair County Judge Lou Schmitt Thursday dismissed a temporary injunction he’d previously granted that had stopped the Antis Township supervisors from decertifying the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company for refusing to be absorbed into Excelsior Fire Department of Bellwood by a deadline the ...
A late January storm that dumped over a foot of snow in central Pennsylvania posed potential initial problems for the start of the trout stocking season in mid-February. The weather warmed up enough to melt much of the snow in the coming weeks, however, temporarily eliminating the concern ...