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GOP lawmaker: Data center speculation ‘a problem’

It is roughly 700 acres of beautiful, forested land in the Pocono Mountains, and in Rep. Doyle Heffley’s mind, it is the last place people would want to see the construction of a data center. But that is exactly the concept being floated by a developer in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County. To Heffley, it is the sort of proposal that Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro was talking about Tuesday when he signed an executive order seeking safeguards on data center development, and lambasted what he described as speculative troublemakers in the industry. “It is a huge problem,” said ...

Submissions sought for Blair County Proud

When a helping hand is needed, service organizations are there — to provide food to those who are hungry, to offer shelter to those in need, to offer a shoulder to lean on or to simply listen. These groups make Blair County special — and make us proud. The Mirror is seeking help to ...

On a roll

Ethan Clark of Altoona dodges branches as he travels south on along Broad Avenue on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Search for new Spring Cove school superintendent continues

Members of the Spring Cove School Board are still searching for a superintendent as the beginning of the school year quickly approaches. After former Superintendent Betsy Baker retired on June 30, the position has been left vacant for 51 days as of Thursday afternoon. Business manager Steven ...

Man who kidnapped woman at gunpoint gets 7.5 to 20 years

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The ex-girlfriend of a city man who kidnapped her at gunpoint last year told him that he was an “egotistical idiot who thrives on women’s suffering.” Landon Robert Fagan, 23, cried throughout Thursday’s sentencing hearing held in front of Judge Paula M. Aigner. Fagan ...