In late 2024, the Railroaders Memorial Museum reported that after a yearslong shutdown of the Horseshoe Curve funicular due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after an electronics inspection led to replacement of the computer drive and software, the funicular was operational again. It didn’t ...
Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday named Jessica Sheets as the county’s new planning director. Sheets succeeds David McFarland, who resigned April 30 after serving in the position since August 2009. Sheets had been serving as a planning commission board member since her ...
EBENSBURG — Despite some gray clouds and the potential for rain, the 22nd annual Wheels and Wings event had a great turnout, according to Danea Koss, the borough’s community development director. This year, there were 17 food vendors lined up on West Sample Street, along with the ...
In 1999, the Altoona Drug and Crime Commission issued a scathing report about the infiltration of drugs and its associated crime in the city, criticizing the Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center and the Right Turn drug rehab center for drawing big-city drug dealers — and to a lesser extent, ...
To combat summertime boredom, the Bedford County Chamber of Commerce released an America250-themed bucket list, featuring 50 local experiences and a Patriotic Wild Goose Chase to celebrate county and national history. Bedford County America250 chair Kellie Goodman Shaffer said that ...
A former inmate at the State Correctional Institution in Houtzdale, who engaged in a self-imposed hunger strike — but was upset when officers confiscated commissary food he kept in his cell — has lost his lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Eric L. Maple, 46, ...
