The recent substantial completion of Phase 1 of the Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee’s floodplain restoration on the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River behind Legion Park in Hollidaysburg has created a striking vista. The river now runs as it did before the days of colonial ...
Success stories from the Altoona Area School District’s Adult Education Program took centerstage Wednesday during a roundtable discussion with state Department of Education officials. The free Adult Education Program has received more than $474,000 in funding from the Shapiro ...
JOHNSTOWN — Carrie Betz met her eventual first dog at the Humane Society of Cambria County back in 2014 — a pitbull lab mix named Chaos. “He was the last puppy left in the litter, and he was just in there all alone,” said Betz, 36, who has worked at the facility located along 743 ...
ROARING SPRING — After driving trucks for Smith Transport for more than 20 years, Richard Fertig Jr. recently received the highest honor of a professional driver being named one of the five 2026 Truckload Carriers Association Professional Drivers of the Year. He was honored at the ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County leaders called attention Thursday to Child Abuse Prevention Month by raising a flag outside the courthouse and by confirming support of local resources to investigate complaints. “I’m proud of the work we do,” Children, Youth & Families Administrator ...
In a split vote, Hollidaysburg Borough Council Thursday ordered a compromise to settle the controversy over Mayor Chad Repko’s proposal to turn the Reiser House at Canal Basin Park into a museum for the Slinky toy — a proposal that generated opposition last month from advocates for the canal-era exhibits currently in the structure. Under the compromise, exhibits on the first floor — the second is occupied by a tenant — will be split 50-50 between items representing the canal basin, all of which would remain on display, and items representing the Slinky, which has been ...
