HOLLIDAYSBURG — Dozens of residents gathered at Canal Basin Park Tuesday evening for a “spur of the moment” star lighting to honor America’s 250th anniversary. “It’s great to have such a big crowd on such short notice,” said Borough Manager Ethan Imhoff. “This was something ...
A 12-person team at the Salvation Army Worship and Service Center in Altoona has been certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid for animals. The idea for creating a Certified Animal Response Team (CART) began last summer after conversations with first responders and observations at emergency scenes, where first responders had to focus on care of human beings, according to Salvation Army Major Christopher Blessing, speaking after a recent meeting of Blair County’s Local Emergency Planning Committee, where he announced the group’s certification. After learning that ...
For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget — a situation that will have little practical effect in the short term but raises the ugly specter of last year’s 135-day impasse. In 2025, even though political leaders ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners recently approved separate contracts with two groups of unionized employees. A three-year contract addressing wages and benefits for unionized personnel at the county prison, as approved June 25 by commissioners Dave Kessling and Amy Webster, introduces a 15-step wage scale and a retroactive effective date of Jan. 1. That scale sets a starting hourly wage of $23.50 for corrections officers and pay increases per step, to maximum hourly pay of $30.50. It also sets a starting hourly wage of $25 for sergeants, with pay increases per step, to a ...
Norfolk Southern officials are asking Big Boy viewers to keep mainline access roads clear when the locomotive is coming through. Anyone who parks at the entrance of an access road to the Norfolk Southern mainline — so they can walk to the tracks to see the Big Boy steam locomotive as it passes through our area between July 8 and 11 — should make sure their vehicles don’t block the entrance. It’s possible the road may be needed for emergency vehicles or railroad equipment, according to an NS spokesperson.
Prince Gallitzin State Park will be participating in the annual Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week and the “Landing Blitz” watercraft inspections on Saturday and Sunday, July 4-5, at the Beaver Valley Marina launch. Hundreds of organizations across the Great Lakes region will be coming together to educate boaters and the public about the risks of spreading aquatic invasive species (AIS) during the annual Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz. As part of the Landing Blitz, inspectors will be at the Beaver Valley boat launch to educate boaters on how to prevent the spread of AIS, ways ...
