HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Salary Board on Wednesday took the first step toward setting a maximum period of six months for retroactive pay increases requested on behalf of select non-union employees. The board, in a series of 3-to-1 votes, set new salaries for four supervisory ...

The Altoona Planning Commission Tuesday certified as blighted a property in Juniata that the city Redevelopment Authority can now try to take by eminent domain, so that it can be renovated — as it is still in fair condition. It will be potentially the third blighted house in recent months ...

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 ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — One of the two victims in a 2023 prison stabbing detailed the events leading up to the attack during the first day of the accused perpetrator’s jury trial on Wednesday. John Javit was called to the stand by Blair County First Assistant District Attorney Nichole Smith and ...

EBENSBURG — Since the Cambria County Liberty Torch made its way to Central Cambria this week, district officials decided to celebrate in a big way — with an inaugural civics bowl competition in which about 45 students put their knowledge of the country and the county’s history to the ...

Central Pennsylvania Nurses Honor Guard member Gretchen Eardley, LPN, (right) of Altoona presents a flower to Sally Weber during a nurses recognition ceremony at Garvey Manor on Monday afternoon. Ten retired nurses were honored at the facility. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski