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Officials need to think like electrons

Opinion

Electrons are the lifeblood of modern society — and right now, America is bleeding them. From data centers and electric vehicles to industrial production, our demand for electricity is an ever expanding pie. Yet partisan disagreement and regulatory gearlock have left us short on generation just when we need it most. Have you been shocked by the increase of your electric bill? In Pennsylvania and across the PJM grid, wholesale capacity prices have surged since 2024. It’s not some abstract market shift — this means higher utility bills, jobs at risk and communities struggling to ...

Verobish qualified to lead 79th District

Letters to the Editor

I am hoping that my fellow Blair County citizens who live in House District 79 will support Andrea Verobish in the March 17 Special Election. Andrea is well qualified to be a state representative in the 79th. She’s well-educated. She graduated from Hollidaysburg High School, attended college, and has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. That knowledge will help her analyze the State budgets and keep the big-government liberals in check. We need her to provide leadership to restore a more sane conservative majority back into the Statehouse in Harrisburg. She is a strong ...

RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism enters a new phase

Editorials

The stability of the U.S. vaccine market rests on an obscure $4 billion fund known as the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., long a critic of the fund, now appears intent on dismantling it. Vaccine production can be a fickle business. Unlike other pharmaceutical products, which are designed for the sick, vaccines are meant for healthy people. To meet high safety standards, trials are large and development is costly. But whereas drugmakers typically can price their products to offset such expenses, vaccines are ...

Help God save America

Letters to the Editor

Millions of Christians, Catholics and all other denominations of various faiths, share a profound certainty that something has gone terribly wrong with our country. There is an immense war between good and evil being waged in the spiritual realm to determine the future of America. We are all experiencing the dire repercussions of this conflict in our daily lives and relationships. We can do something about it every day. Please join in asking God the Father or whomever is the Supreme power in your life, to bring forth a Great Awakening to save America. Our Lord or whoever it may be in ...

Is Cabinet shake up coming?

Opinion

Nearly a month into his second year in office, President Trump’s Cabinet has been remarkably stable. No Cabinet member has quit, been fired, pushed out or otherwise left the building. The question is whether that is a good thing. A president does not want to let his political enemies hound his top Cabinet officials out of office. On the other hand, by the end of an administration’s first year, it’s usually clear that one, or two or more of the president’s Cabinet just aren’t working out. That is the issue confronting Trump today. Compare the situation to Trump’s first term. ...

Enforcement without discrimination a must

Letters to the Editor

The recent article in the Altoona Mirror, which indicated “Some Altoona residents might think that the city is being harsh in ordering that two recovery homes be closed because the operator opened the facilities prior to them having passed life-safety inspections that are the responsibility of the Fire and Codes departments,” suggested that those who opposed the ordinance, adopted Jan. 6, 2026, were against the city for establishing measures that would protect the lives and well-being of those who would benefit from these types of residences. This is far from the truth. I ...