This holiday weekend, the Eldorado Civic Association is encouraging party-goers and picnickers to recycle aluminum cans and drop them off at the club’s collection site at 5939 California Ave. The club collects cans 24/7 over 365 days, commodities coordinator and “can man” Ed Shrift ...
The Family Resource Center of Blair County at United Way of the Southern Alleghenies has officially launched its annual Stuff the Bus back-to-school backpack registration and community school supply drive. The initiative runs through Aug. 7, helping ensure local students have the tools they need for a successful school year. Community members, businesses and organizations are invited to support the effort by collecting school supplies for Blair County students. Organizations interested in serving as collection sites may contact the Family Resource Center at 814-317-5108, ext. 4005, to ...
The state began its new fiscal year Wednesday with no budget in place and events in the House — a testy faceoff on one education-related bill, but bipartisan passage of another — made it unclear if a deal will occur anytime soon. Closed-door negotiations failed to produce a 2026-27 budget by the Tuesday deadline, the fifth year in a row the June 30 deadline has been missed. On Wednesday, state Rep. Jesse Topper of Bedford County, the top Republican in the Democratic-controlled House, raised his voice in irritation after Democrats in a committee scuttled language in a bill related to ...
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 ...
