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Bedford receives $3.4M for development, training

Bedford County has received $3.38 million in Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for workforce training and housing development. The funding includes $2 million for the Bedford County Technical Center to expand its workforce training facilities and $1.38 million for the Bedford County Development Association to prepare infrastructure for a new workforce housing neighborhood near the Bette Brown Slayton Business Park. The investments are part of the county’s Train and Retain initiative, which aims to address two major challenges facing local employers: ...

Farmers can apply for aid due to spring freeze

Fruit growers impacted by a late-April freeze will soon be able to apply for assistance from the state government. “Starting on Monday, the Department of Agriculture, under Secretary Redding's leadership, will begin to accept applications for growers in all 67 counties who were affected by ...

State labor force hits record 6.65 million

The number of people working in Pennsylvania hit a new record high in July, the state Department of Labor and Industry reported Friday. There were almost 150,000 more employed in the state in July than there were in the same month in 2025. Employment was up 19,000 just compared to June. The ...

Back to School Bash

Kyan Weibley, 9, peeks out of a rail car from Charlie’s Doggy Express, Pinecroft, during Evergreen Manors’ annual Back to School Bash for residents on Friday. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Blair County puts $10,000 deposit toward prison land purchase

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County has made a $10,000 deposit toward purchasing the Duncansville area land where a new prison could be built but the process of acquiring the property continues to move slowly. “We’re probably not going to be able to close (the sale) by the end of the month,” ...

German exchange student’s ties to Bishop Guilfoyle stand test of time

Former German exchange student Michael Schaefer and the Sanker family of Altoona became family by chance and friends by choice. As Bishop Guilfoyle’s first exchange student during the 1965-66 school year, Schaefer quickly became the eighth child in the Sanker family during his stay in ...