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US, Iran pause strikes after escalation

CAIRO — The United States and Iran paused their attacks for a second straight day Sunday, as efforts continued to bring them back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire. It was not clear why the U.S. has paused after targeting Iranian ...

Cambria County audit stirs concern over debt

EBENSBURG — Despite a clean report, the findings in Cambria County’s 2025 audit caused concerns about the county’s debt and spending habits. During the county commissioners’ meeting Thursday, Wessel and Co. shareholder Meghan Freidhof presented the audit, which shows Cambria County ...

Double Tap Range buys former ICE facility for $1.5 million

The Altoona Redevelopment Authority unanimously approved a $1.5 million sales agreement with Double Tap Range and Armory on Friday for the former Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility along Chestnut Avenue after tabling the sale last month in hopes of getting more proposals and better ...

‘Lunchbox baby’ laid to rest after nearly 70 years

Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees announced that infant remains found in an Ehrenville Borough building in 1958 have finally been given a proper burial. Lees, who made the announcement during a press conference Friday, called the closure of the case “a load off my shoulders.” The remains ...

Roadwork: Work to cause lengthy delays in East Freedom

Lane restrictions and lengthy delays on Dunnings Highway and Everett Road in East Freedom will begin July 27 as part of the I-99 Sproul/Claysburg to Newry improvement project. On Monday, July 27, contractors will begin bridge painting operations on the I-99/U.S. 220 bridge over Dunnings Highway and Everett Road, with traffic on both Dunnings Highway and Everett Road under lane restrictions and standard flagging operations between Johnstown Road and Mountain Road in East Freedom. Drivers should expect lengthy delays — some as long at 15 minutes — between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday ...