If you enjoy your job, why look for something else? That’s been the philosophy of Joe Diamond, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau regional organization director for Region 4 which includes Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Indiana and Somerset counties. Diamond, of Bellwood, has been ...
Everyone wins at the Miracle League of Blair County, which celebrated its 20th season opener on a chilly Saturday morning on the diamond and enjoyed a visit from the Altoona Curve’s mascot, Loco. As a nonprofit 503(c)(3), the league shares the love of the game with physically and/or mentally ...
EBENSBURG — About 115 Central Cambria second graders from Jackson Elementary and Cambria Elementary came together Tuesday to build hoop gliders and form relationships with their peers from the opposite building. The activity was part of a statewide initiative called the 2026 discoverED hoop ...
Bishop Guilfoyle Academy students gathered inside their in-house chapel Wednesday afternoon to not only hear from a 1954 Altoona Catholic High School graduate, but also to view an original painting of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Col. Stanley J. Glod acquired the painting after the artist’s ...
SHANKSVILLE — As an enduring tribute to the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is carrying a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s south tower more than 10,500 miles to over 35 cities and 21 states. The tour began last ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Prison’s inmate population was down to 308 as of Thursday, its lowest level in a year and down from the mid-2024 months when the population exceeded 400. Reports presented Tuesday to the county prison board show the county relying on the Centre County ...