Editorials in this space in recent weeks focused on cancer’s link to alcohol and that doctors and researchers currently are studying gut health in their probe of cancer’s causes. “There’s no question we’re missing something” was the comment of a California gastrointestinal ...
I want to thank Gov. Josh Shapiro and chief engineer in Clearfield County for their quick response on Routes 2002, 2022, 2024. Drainage pipes were replaced, trees and brush trimming and roads repaved. We even got yellow lines painted. Roads were repaved in 2024. Thank you, Gov. Josh Shapiro ...
Donald Trump pardoned the convicted Jan. 6 “hostages” who violently attacked the U.S. Capital and injured many law enforcement professionals on duty that day. He then goes on to proclaim, “I am a friend of police, more than any president who has been in this office.” Really. During ...
In response to William Padamonsky Sr.’s letter to the editor, Feb. 5. Mr. Padamonsky, you got it right. I agree with everything you said. Donald Trump openly stated that he was going to be a dictator on his first day in office. He even began his takeover of our country before he was sworn in ...
Chaos — behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions. That is what America is subjected to daily since the election of Donald Trump. Necessary agencies are being downsized or completely eliminated. Military troops are currently ...
Altoona should not ignore any potential resource in the fight against blight. That’s why the city should revive the Vacant Property Review Board, which has been dormant since about 2008. Evidence in the form of blight — now and perhaps as far back as 2008 — has shown how inactivity of ...