MARTINSBURG — Contour Airlines’ overall passenger numbers at the Altoona-Blair County Airport are up 11% over last year at this time, manager Tracy Plessinger said. During Wednesday’s airport authority board meeting, Plessinger said Contour carried 2,226 passengers in and out of the ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Supporters of district teachers and the teachers union filled the district’s high school library Wednesday evening for a school board meeting that turned fiery following a public comment section that largely focused on the district’s ongoing contract ...
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman spoke to the Republican midterm convention via video Wednesday, an extraordinary escalation of the growing rupture between the Pennsylvanian and his party. Fetterman’s decision is certain to stoke fears, already simmering among Democrats, that he will switch ...
PORTAGE — Two advisory committees were established during Wednesday’s Portage Borough Council meeting with the hopes of involving the community in more of the borough’s affairs. Borough Manager Makayla Zonfrilli-Lang is currently soliciting letters of interest from borough residents ...
A racketeering conspiracy trial of Huawei Technologies has begun in New York, with federal prosecutors accusing the Chinese tech company of a litany of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system and helping Iran snoop on its citizens. Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of gear for wireless telecom networks, but it is banned from selling equipment to U.S. carriers over fears it poses a security risk and has been blacklisted by other Western allies, including Canada and Britain. Taylor Stout, a Department of Justice attorney, ...
CARLISLE The Giant Company, known locally as Giant and Martin’s, announced COVID-19 vaccines are now available at all Giant and Martin’s in-store pharmacies. COVID-19 vaccines are administered by immunizing Giant and Martin’s pharmacists and specially trained pharmacy team members, subject to state regulations. Individuals can receive the updated vaccines if it has been at least two months since their last COVID-19 vaccine dose. In Pennsylvania, vaccines are available for patients ages 5 and above, and ages 3 and above in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. For minors, parental ...
