EBENSBURG — About 115 Central Cambria second graders from Jackson Elementary and Cambria Elementary came together Tuesday to build hoop gliders and form relationships with their peers from the opposite building. The activity was part of a statewide initiative called the 2026 discoverED hoop ...
Bishop Guilfoyle Academy students gathered inside their in-house chapel Wednesday afternoon to not only hear from a 1954 Altoona Catholic High School graduate, but also to view an original painting of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Col. Stanley J. Glod acquired the painting after the artist’s ...
SHANKSVILLE — As an enduring tribute to the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is carrying a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s south tower more than 10,500 miles to over 35 cities and 21 states. The tour began last ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Prison’s inmate population was down to 308 as of Thursday, its lowest level in a year and down from the mid-2024 months when the population exceeded 400. Reports presented Tuesday to the county prison board show the county relying on the Centre County ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — In the four weeks that K-9 Officer Dea has been on the streets of Blair County with her handler, Officer Bryan Ketner of the Hollidaysburg Borough Police Department, she’s already been deployed eight times and played a vital role leading to drug-related arrests in each ...
It’s hard to believe that railroad history buff Matthew Wolff didn’t grow up in Blair County. Ridgway native Wolff, 26, is the current archivist and historian at Altoona’s Railroaders Memorial Museum, where he works to preserve local artifacts for future generations. He’s also ...
