A House committee approved legislation Wednesday authorizing a state campaign to educate the public about the evolving role of AI or artificial intelligence in everyday life. The Communications & Technology Committee voted unanimously for House Bill 2314 sponsored by Committee Majority ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Louisiana voting rights case will make it harder to challenge political maps as being racially discriminatory, but the ruling will likely have limited effect on statewide district maps in Pennsylvania, where the state constitution provides stronger ...

Delays possible on Convention Center Blvd. There will be lane restrictions and short delays on Convention Center Boulevard in Allegheny Township, Blair County, beginning Monday, May 4, for the start of a bridge rehabilitation project. The contractor will be implementing long-term lane ...

Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday gave a favorable review to plans for an expansion to the Railroaders Memorial Museum roundhouse. Plans call for a 2,561-square-foot addition to the roundhouse near the northeastern end of the museum’s property. Proposed site improvements ...

Area railfans won’t have to travel far this summer to see the world’s largest operating steam locomotive as Union Pacific’s famed Big Boy No. 4014 will be steaming into Altoona on July 8 for a nearly four-day engagement as part of the America250 celebrations. While the engine’s East ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks took the stand Wednesday morning during the final evidentiary hearing for the post-conviction appeal of the city man convicted of first-degree murder. Weeks was the first assistant district attorney during the January 2020 trial of ...