WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, shortly after the package won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The bell inside the Blair County Courthouse clocktower is slated to ring again this year when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding. The Fort Fetter American Legion Post has collected more than $60,000 toward a fundraising goal of $75,000 to pay for the ...
Many neighbors have seen the local eagles soaring above the gently rolling fields and stands of trees in their part of southeastern Pennsylvania, and Rick Pyles has particularly enjoyed watching the secluded nest near his home get bigger each year. Pyles is uneasy about the data center ...
Cross Keys Auction house in Duncansville next month will be selling the furnishings from northern Blair County’s oldest house — a home that’s nearly as old as the nation itself — and the brother and sister who commissioned the sale won’t be attending. It’s not because Hilda ...
Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday accepted the resignation of longtime Executive Director David W. McFarland III. McFarland, who has been battling health issues and has been on leave since April 6, did not give a reason for his resignation, which was effective Thursday. The ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — When asked what America meant to them, local students gave a variety of answers, from freedom and opportunity to a protector of democracy and compassion to “mostly everything.” The question was posed by the Blair County Bar Association, in partnership with the ...