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Students look to expansion of Pell grants for job training

Sydney Webb scrimped and saved to pay for an eight-week certified nursing assistant program at a North Carolina community college. On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethoscope, special shoes and a state ...

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City Mayor Matt Pacifico sits outside The Clay Cup and Wildfire Boutique Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Colette Costlow

Pinecroft, Newburg volunteer fire companies to merge

The volunteer fire company decertified several months ago by the Antis Township supervisors is merging with a nearby fire company in Logan Township. The decertification of Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company due to its refusal to be absorbed by Excelsior Fire Department No. 1 of Bellwood means ...

Downtown Altoona ramps up curb appeal

Local officials and business owners are collaborating to make downtown Altoona more inviting this summer with sidewalk chalk murals, plants and outdoor seating. Main Street Manager Jamie Foust said the city’s goal is to bring more people downtown and create a sense of community with ...

Hollidaysburg student proves age doesn’t define success

Hollidaysburg Area senior Addison Smith first got a taste for business while running a hot chocolate stand beside her family’s annual spring yard sale. To simulate a real business scenario, her father, Mike, helped his two children form a business plan by calculating profit and loss ...

Paving project will cause lengthy delays along Railroad Street, Munster Road

Drivers can anticipate delays — up to 15 minutes in length — on Railroad Street south of Ehrenfeld in Croyle Township and Munster Road in Portage Borough as a resurfacing project gets underway. A temporary traffic signal near Beyers Road in Croyle Township is restricting traffic to a ...