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Tyrone Area Chamber of Commerce pleased by success of Irish Heritage festival

This year’s Irish Heritage festival was a successful event for the Tyrone Area Chamber of Commerce, according to President Diane Irwin, who thanked everyone who participated during the chamber’s regular meeting Wednesday. “Everything went well,” Irwin said of the event. According to ...

March ‘good month’ for Altoona-Blair County Airport

MARTINSBURG — The Altoona-Blair County Airport does not yet have final passenger numbers from Contour Airlines for March, airport manager Tracy Plessinger said Wednesday. Contour’s overall completion rate for March was 100%, Plessinger said, adding he believes March was a good month for ...

Hang in there

A house finch searches for insects in a blossom on a tree on 19th Street on Wednesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Hollidaysburg Area School Board approves AP course book

Despite opposition from part of the Hollidaysburg Area School Board, a psychology textbook was approved for adoption Wednesday and is available for public review. A motion to approve “AP Psychology: Psychology for the AP Course” passed by a 6-3 margin, with Jesse Blank, Michele Luther, ...

US-Iran ceasefire under threat

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on track. The U.S. and ...