Prosecutors sought access to Fed building Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit. Two ...
EBENSBURG — Cambria County’s trailhead challenge is back and bigger than ever, Commissioner Tom Chernisky said Wednesday at a kickoff announcement near the Ghost Town Trail’s Ebensburg trailhead. Between May 1 and midnight Nov. 2, people who take a picture of their face by a trailhead ...
The Jaffa Shrine Circus kicked off Wednesday evening as kids and adults alike laughed, cheered, gasped and giggled their way through the show. Held at the Jaffa Shrine Center, Altoona, the circus featured daring acrobatic feats, clown acts, jugglers, bareback riders performing tricks and ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners on Thursday dissolved the county’s Historic Preservation Advisory Committee that was created in late 2019 to play a key role in protecting the courthouse from neglected maintenance. Commissioners Dave Kessling, Amy Webster and Laura Burke engaged ...
NEW YORK — A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could further upend world travel within weeks if oil doesn’t start flowing again soon — meaning higher airfares and flight cancellations as the summer travel ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Genealogical Society’s new 1,200-square-foot addition was packed Thursday night for the first public meeting in the space, which featured an hourlong presentation by Jim Lowe, the Blair County Historical Society’s vice chairman. Lowe provided an overview ...