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Blair County Planning Commission approves budget

Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday approved their budget for 2026-27, retroactive to July 1. The budget calls for revenues and expenditures of $628,754. It calls for a 3% pay raise for each of the commission’s four full-time employees and includes a 12% increase in healthcare coverage. No change was made to the development review fees. Commission members also approved letters of support for four projects, all of which are seeking assistance from the Pennsylvania DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund. The City of Altoona is seeking $960,227.86 for the Seventh Street ...

Out with the old: Altoona planning to remove parking meters downtown

The Altoona Parking Authority plans to remove the city’s parking meters once signs indicating the designated enforcement for specific areas are available to be posted. The proposal to yank the meters came from parking operations manager Dave Curtis during Tuesday’s authority board ...

Down but not out: Camp Anderson seeks help after tornado damage

TYRONE — If you drive by Camp Anderson in Snyder Township, you wouldn’t immediately realize the camp was hit by a low-category tornado a couple weeks ago. There’s about 30 youth and close to 20 adults occupying the camp this week, with the kids having fun and completing various ...

UPMC assault suspect found guilty

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Tyrone man who left a UPMC Altoona ER technician with a fractured skull and brain bleed was convicted on all charges following the conclusion of his two-day trial Wednesday morning. A jury of four women and seven men deliberated about 20 minutes before finding Bradley ...

Disaster loan outreach center set up in Tyrone to help with flood recovery

TYRONE — A disaster loan outreach center has been set up at the Tyrone Borough building’s upstairs conference room to help residents and business owners recover from the July 5-6 flash flooding incident, Mayor John Harlow said. Representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration ...

Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favor of higher rates as the central bank wrestles with how to deal with persistently high inflation. The Fed’s rate-setting committee reached its decision after two days ...