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Blair County commissioners to review EMA post

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners said Thursday that they will review the management setup put in place six months ago when Director of Public Safety Mark Taylor retired as supervisor of the county’s Emergency Management Agency and 911 Center. Based on Taylor’s recommendation, commissioners allowed the EMA portion of Taylor’s job to transfer to Cris Frederickson and the portion of Taylor’s job involving 911 Center supervision to fall to Emily States. Taylor, at the time he retired, had supervised both offices for about 11 years. It was a role he accepted in 2015, ...

Altoona Water Authority to replace 16th Avenue waterline

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The Altoona Water Authority has awarded a contract to Guyer Bros. for the replacement of 500 feet of 12-inch waterline along 16th Avenue between 14th and 15th streets, after a waterline break in that area seriously damaged the avenue. The award was in keeping with a prior authorization by the board to replace the line and then to rebuild the avenue on that block, with costs up to a total of $250,000, based on preliminary estimates. Guyer Bros., selected based on the state’s COSTARS cooperative purchasing program, will begin the line replacement Monday, according to authority General ...

Harrisburg couple faces drug delivery counts in Blair County

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A Harrisburg couple are behind bars after allegedly trafficking a large amount of narcotics to the Blair County area. Kyle Jerome Rudolph, 49, and Brittney Nichole Pogue, 29, were arraigned Wednesday on identical charges of three felony counts of possession with intent to deliver and a single ...

Fed policymakers show support for rate hikes

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year. The unexpectedly aggressive tilt toward higher rates would disappoint President Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation among Fed officials. In an unusually short statement after their two-day meeting, the officials dropped language that had suggested their next move would be to cut the key rate. The brief statement reflects the influence of new chair Kevin Warsh, who was appointed by ...