CLAYSBURG — Members of the Claysburg-Kimmel School Board voted 5-4 Tuesday in favor of raising taxes to offset the district’s $744,000 deficit for the 2026-27 school year. Board President Jeremy Knott, along with Mandi Daugherty, Roger Knisely, Joseph Musselman and Tony Soler voted in ...
The Altoona Parking Authority has a new day-to-day boss. He is local native David Curtis, who has worked in parking operations for the city of Wilmington, Del., and in financial management for the city of Beverly Hills, Calif., and who takes over local parking operations in the downtown as a ...
ROARING SPRING — Scott Zillinger, an electronic systems technician, was working at Central High School on March 5 when he collapsed loading equipment into his van. Quick actions by staff members using an AED device saved his life, Zillinger said Monday during the Spring Cove School District’s board meeting. Zillinger was on hand not only to tell his story, but to stand with representatives of the Nason Foundation as the group donated new AEDs to the district. “I’m grateful to the Nason Foundation for these lifesaving devices that you donated to the school,” Zillinger said, ...
CRESSON — By a 6-2 vote, the Penn Cambria School Board adopted the final 2026-27 general fund budget, including a tax increase to the Act I Index. Board members Anthony Dziabo and Matthew Kearney were the sole dissenting votes. Jeffrey Stohon was not present during the meeting. With a 5% ...
The market for electric vehicle sales in Pennsylvania expands under legislation approved Monday by a House committee. The Commerce Committee voted 14-12 along party lines for House Bill 2013 sponsored by Rep. Gregg Scott, D-Montgomery. HB2013 enables other EV manufacturers besides Tesla to sell vehicles directly to customers. Democrats supported the bill while Republicans opposed it. HB2013 removes a restriction in a 2014 state law requiring a manufacturer to have been in business the previous 12 months to sell directly. Tesla is the only EV manufacturer to fit that description. The ...
MACUNGIE — President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in battleground Pennsylvania on Tuesday, attempting to shift attention to the U.S. economy in his first major public event outside the nation’s capital since he signed an interim agreement to end the Iran war. The trip to ...
