City Council on Monday approved the transfer of a liquor license held by the Athenian Cafe to the restaurant’s new location at the former Altus Brew Pub building, 601 Seventh Ave. Altus closed in October. The Athenian moved from its prior location on the 200 block of Union Avenue near Plank ...
The public is invited to join the Central PA Council of Republican Women at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, in the Altoona Grand Hotel Ballroom for a legislative forum and update out of Harrisburg from state Reps. Scott Barger and newly appointed Andrea Verobish. Also learn the latest on the urban ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city woman accused of setting a hamper on fire in the attic of a residence in February pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony arson and related charges in exchange for a sentence that puts her on the path to be released from the Blair County Prison. Rebecca Kay Grim, 31, has been ...
A Philadelphia lawmaker says speed cameras in the state’s biggest city have been an overwhelming success and the use of the technology should be deployed statewide. Currently, speed cameras are only allowed in Philadelphia and in highway construction zones. Both the work zone and the ...
The secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs visited UPMC Altoona Tuesday to view its Emergency Department’s 9-month-old behavioral health pod, which her department helped establish with a contribution of $775,000 in opioid settlement money. The visit helped to ...
CRESSON — The Penn Cambria School District is facing a budget deficit of about $4.6 million and plans to raise local property taxes to the state’s Act 1 Index of 5% for the 2026-27 fiscal year, business administrator Jill Francisco said Tuesday. During the school board’s committee of the ...