ROARING SPRING — After driving trucks for Smith Transport for more than 20 years, Richard Fertig Jr. recently received the highest honor of a professional driver being named one of the five 2026 Truckload Carriers Association Professional Drivers of the Year. He was honored at the ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County leaders called attention Thursday to Child Abuse Prevention Month by raising a flag outside the courthouse and by confirming support of local resources to investigate complaints. “I’m proud of the work we do,” Children, Youth & Families Administrator ...
In a split vote, Hollidaysburg Borough Council Thursday ordered a compromise to settle the controversy over Mayor Chad Repko’s proposal to turn the Reiser House at Canal Basin Park into a museum for the Slinky toy — a proposal that generated opposition last month from advocates for the canal-era exhibits currently in the structure. Under the compromise, exhibits on the first floor — the second is occupied by a tenant — will be split 50-50 between items representing the canal basin, all of which would remain on display, and items representing the Slinky, which has been ...
TYRONE — Hundreds of Tyrone Area High School students took to the streets Wednesday morning eager to serve their community, clean for spring and have a fun time outside of class. They took a divide and conquer approach for the annual clean-up event, high school Principal Darin Ricciotti ...
In the late 1980s, early in his continuing, 40-year tenure as president of the Blair-Bedford Central Labor Council, Bob Kutz reached out to the agent of singer-composer Kris Kristofferson, who was scheduled to perform at the grand opening of then-new Boyertown on the grounds of historic ...
ROARING SPRING — The Spring Cove School District is facing a projected budget shortfall of just over $2 million for the 2026-27 school year, according to a preliminary presentation during Tuesday’s board meeting. Business manager Steven Foor said the district is estimated to have $34,434,945 in expenditures, as opposed to $32,409,826 in revenue. Projected expenditures increased by 2.55% from last year’s budget, while revenue jumped by 7.18%, due in large part to the state passing its budget with an increase in public school funding. Since federal funding is up in the air until ...
