WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to once again raise doubts about the results of past elections. Trump began Thursday night with a stark warning about what he described as flaws in the voting system and said he was releasing previously ...
Local and state officials gathered in Bedford County Thursday to break ground on the planned Bette Brown Slayton Business Park. State Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger joined state Rep. Jesse Topper, R-Bedford, Bedford County Development Association ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge severed one charge to continue being tried Thursday and accepted guilty pleas for nearly 50 other felony counts in the case of a man accused of possessing more than 21,000 files of child pornography. Nasir Debonaire Garner, 27, faces more than 100 felony ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County will pay an additional $45,076 for construction of a salt shed along Loop Road, near its highway garage, increasing the general construction contract to $489,749. Commissioners Dave Kessling and Amy Webster voted Thursday to approve a change order addressing additional work for the project. Paul Shaffer, who supervises the county’s highway department, said that during construction, the contractor found contaminated soil that had to be removed and replaced with concrete. That necessitated the rerouting of pipes and insulation above the concrete, Shaffer ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced funding for a slew of projects across the Commonwealth Thursday as part of the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. The program will invest nearly $445 million into 356 projects across Pennsylvania to create jobs, improve infrastructure, strengthen public safety and drive long-term economic growth in various communities, according to a news release. RACP is a reimbursement grant program that supports essential design, acquisition and construction projects across the state. Roughly $8 million will flow into the region as part of Shapiro’s initiative, ...
A prison sentence of 16.5 to 56 years imposed on an Idaho man who pleaded to 11 counts of online sexual exploitation of a Hollidaysburg-area child is not excessive, according to a ruling handed down Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The sentence was imposed last year by Blair County ...
