WISE Women of Blair County awarded $13,962.44 in grants to five organizations on Jan. 15. Funded for the 2025 grant cycle were: ArtsAltoona, Family Services Inc., The Gloria Gates Memorial Foundation, JUMC Angel Feet Ministry and the Roaring Spring Community Library. n ArtsAltoona received ...

Military Food Share set for April 14 The monthly Military Food Share distribution at the Duncansville VFW Auxiliary 8724 will be held Monday, April 14, beginning at 11 a.m. This is for all active military, veterans and widows or widowers of veterans living in Blair County. The program ...

Christ Community, Llyswen UMC Holy Week will be celebrated at Christ Community and Llyswen United Methodist churches. Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15, there will be self-guided prayer stations at Christ Community UMC, 5715 Roselawn Ave., Altoona. The times are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 to ...

Local history 50 years ago: 1975 Col. Lloyd M. Morris, director of the Blair County-Altoona Civil Defense Council, was presented the CD’s highest award, the Distinguished Service Citation, in ceremonies at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on a special Blair County Day in which 47 Blair ...

50 years ago: With Leonard S. Fiore Inc. as the contractor, Mansion Park was undergoing a $500,000 facelift, including a new drainage system, resodded football field, repainted grandstands, an eight-lane track around the field and improved locker rooms and lavatory facilities. 25 years ago: A ...

From a class discussion on starting a business to having actual profit to donate has been an amazing ride for the students involved in Tyrone’s Saint Matthew School’s Entrepreneurial Program. When the members of the student-run business The Rescue Aid decided to develop a brick-and-mortar ...