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The Hollidaysburg Area School Board has introduced their 2013-14 budget.The proposed $43.7-million spending plan does not...
Business leaders say Gov. Tom Corbett was right when he said Pennsylvania employers are having trouble finding prospective wo...
A newspaper says federal officials have accused Pennsylvania of "continued failure" in paying first-time unemployme...
State Rep. John McGinnis joined Gov. Tom Corbett and other lawmakers at a Capitol news conference Tuesday to introduce House ...
Blair County’s Fort Roberdeau historic site has a new director.County leaders appointed Glenn Nelson Junior to the posi...
Blair County officials are extending their deal with Affinity Healthcare Management until the new owners take control of Vall...
There are no plans to move state government workers into a federally run online health insurance marketplace that's suppo...
By a vote of 144-53, legislation prohibiting abortion coverage in qualified plans offered through a health insurance exchange...
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Altoona health clinic for eight serious violations involv...
Leaders of the Democratic minority in the Pennsylvania Senate say a potential $140-million surplus in school-pension reim...
Valley View Nursing Home officially has a new owner.County leaders voted 2-1 Thursday to approve the documents selling the ho...
Some Blair County Courthouse workers are learning how to protect and defend themselves.Sheriff’s department officials a...
The Altoona Area School District’s budget chief says impending federal healthcare reform laws could cost the district u...
A Gallitzin Township employee is accused of stealing thousands of dollars.State police say that 75 year old Leonard Cuomo of ...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has developed a new website, PAHealthOptions.com, to help Pennsylvanians click through ...
State Rep. John McGinnis is offering free assistance to area veterans.McGinnis says the assistance is available to any vetera...
The state Insurance Department says a workers' compensation insurance rate reduction will go into effect next week for em...
A health care advocacy group says nearly 900,000 Pennsylvania adults and children would become eligible for the federal gover...
Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser says changes are needed in the major state pension funds even if his long-range...
The February employment statistics released Friday by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry indicate that the state...
Finally some good employment news for Blair County.Marcellus GTL has announced it will establish a natural gas to liquids fac...
About 20 Valley View Home employees were on hand Tuesday as the Blair County Commissioners voted to sell the facility –...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's new chief executive officer says he is directing a review of every professional se...
Governor Tom Corbett and his legal staff are hoping fine distinctions in Pennsylvania case law will allow $12-billion in ...
Penn State Altoona’s Enactus team is partnering with the Blair County Chamber of Commerce to help military veterans see...
A newspaper says nearly 5,000 people on Pennsylvania's state payroll earned at least $100,000 last year, and more tha...
Healthcare workers at Valley View Nursing Home will hold another rally this afternoon outside of the facility.The move comes ...
Governor Tom Corbett's administration has returned a $50-million security deposit to a British firm that had submitte...
Tom Otto has been hired to lead the Altoona Area School District beginning this summer.Board members unanimously voted to app...
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser over the administration's pro...
Governor Tom Corbett is pressing state Attorney General Kathleen Kane to say whether she'll approve a contract to hire a ...
Blair County has received offer’s ranging from $12-million to $16.1-million from nine applicants interested in ...
Blair County’s employee healthcare costs will increase nearly $400-thousand next year under a new agreement the com...
A former Altoona Area School District teacher and principal is in lone to become the district’s next leader. School boa...
Governor Tom Corbett says overhauling Pennsylvania's pension systems for state workers and school employees is the single...
Blair County is facing its own pension crisis.A report released Tuesday by Commissioner Terry Tomassetti and finance director...
As a first step in the annual budget process, Gov. Tom Corbett will present his proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year before a...
Negotiators for Pennsylvania's state-owned university system and the union representing about 5,500 faculty members say t...
At yesterday’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the 79th district office of state representative John McGinnis we had a chanc...
Applications for the 2013 Summer Turnpike Program are now available.The program will run from May 1 to Sept. 30. Positions wi...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says a pilot program designed to prevent criminals from becoming managers of a person's Social Securi...
PennDOT is now accepting applications for summer employment for students and government services interns.Rep. Mike Fleck of H...
Yesterday, almost 7,000 nursing home workers and members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania who work in 80 facilities across the...
State Rep. John McGinnis has announced that he has been appointed by Speaker of the House Sam Smith to serve on the House Agi...
A British firm will take over management of the Pennsylvania Lottery.Governor Tom Corbett awarded the contract on Friday to C...
Home care workers for the disabled in Pennsylvania claim that there’s been an interruption in their pay.The Associated ...
Employees of the Pennsylvania Lottery said Tuesday they can beat a profit projection offered by a British firm seeking to man...
Applications for Police Officer for the City of Altoona may be obtained from the Personnel Office at City Hall, 1301 – ...
Pennsylvania higher education officials are heading back to the negotiating table with the union representing state universit...
As part of its comprehensive approach to health and wellness, the Altoona Regional Health System is now completely tobacco fr...
Corbett administration officials are willing to appear before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on a proposal to hire a priv...
The number of Pennsylvania’s unemployed decreased by 16,000 in November, the largest decline since 1983 and the second ...
The Corbett administration is unveiling a new website that it says will make state government more transparent.Corbett joined...
Penn State trustees have approved a 16% raise for President Rodney Erickson to $600,000 after a review of his performance...
Tonight Altoona City Council will vote on the Act 47 recovery plan.If adopted, the distressed city will have a balanced budge...
A report regarding Valley View Home’s unfunded pension obligation was offered up at Tuesday’s Blair County Commis...
On Tuesday Governor Tom Corbett ceremonially signed legislation that will help to connect unemployed Pennsylvanians with empl...
Pennsylvania's labor secretary says calls to the state's unemployment compensation service centers have mysteriously ...
At Monday’s Blair County Salary Board meeting a 1.7 percent raise next year for about 150 nonunion county employees was...
A union representing state workers has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Governor Tom Corbett's administration from priv...
Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities and the union representing their athletic coaches have reached tentative contr...
Jerry Sandusky has appealed a decision to revoke his $59,000-a-year pension.Sandusky’s attorney Charles Benjamin...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey used a teleconference Wednesday to unveil his legislation that is an extension of the 2% payroll tax cut ...
A new study says Pennsylvania had among the highest percentages of teen employment last year compared with other states.Howev...
The union representing faculty at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities says it won't consider striking until ne...
A new report is warning of higher taxes, lower business growth and steeper borrowing costs due to the state's public-sect...
A statement released to Altoona Regional Health system employees on Tuesday says the hospital’s board of directors and ...
Pennsylvania's jobless rate is down for the first time in six months.The state Department of Labor and Industry reports t...
Today is the deadline for Gov. Tom Corbett to tell the federal government whether Pennsylvania will be setting up a health in...
Blair County Commissioners are expected to hear from concerned Valley View Home employees on Tuesday, November 27th.Commissio...
Altoona Regional Health System and Nason Hospital continue discussions aimed at developing an integrated, countywide health s...
Governor Tom Corbett has called the pension crisis in Pennsylvania “a tapeworm” to the state budget.Appearing on ...
A union representing thousands of faculty members and coaches at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has scheduled...
Another step has been taken by Blair County Commissioners in their effort to potentially sell Valley View Home.At their meeti...
Blair County Commissioners are moving forward with plans to sell Valley View Nursing Home.Commissioners approved a real estat...
Pennsylvania's jobless rate rose again for the fourth straight month in September.The State Department of Labor and Indus...
The union representing thousands of employees at state-owned universities is a step closer to going on strike.Delegates from ...
Healthcare workers and concerned community members attended Tuesday’s Blair County Board of Commissioners meeting and p...
Altoona Area School district board members approved a couple of contracts last night dealing with administrative positions.Th...
PennDOT is stressing the importance of slowing down and avoiding distractions while traveling through work zones.Safety Press...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system is seeking to revoke Jerry Sandusky’s pension.The 68-year-old former ...
Altoona is headed down a rocky road financially.That was made very clear at last night’s public meeting on ACT 47.The t...
The top executive of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association is leaving later this year to become executive director of a ...
Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in August, up two-tenths of a percentage point fro...
An Altoona woman has been arrested on felony theft charges.Police say 45 year old Verna Barr, of 515 South Kettle Street stol...
Penn State's acting athletic director will stay on the job as long as Rodney Erickson remains the school's president....
At last night’s Altoona Area School Board meeting a decision was made to issue $50 million in new general obligatio...
It’s back to the negotiation table for both sides in contract talks involving teachers in the Spring Cove School Distri...
With a reserve account running low on funds, officials say the Blair County Solid Waste department will be shut down and a ha...
A new report shows when it comes to earning power, the typical middle-class household in Pennsylvania isn't getting ahead...
The City of Altoona ended 2011 in the red.An audit presented Wednesday by Young Oakes Brown & Company shows the city ran a de...
Blair County ended 2011 in the red.Dave Scott of Young Oakes Brown & Company says while the county had an operating surplus &...
Valley View Nursing Home ended 2011 in the black for the second year in a row.Blair County’s 2011 financial audit shows...
The Blair County Commissioners are hiring a local engineering firm to analyze and deal with new storm runoff concerns put in ...
The end of the upcoming school year will bring a big change to the Altoona Area School District.On Monday night school board ...
The state Department of Labor and Industry said in a report released on Thursday that the unemployment rate shot up to 7.9 pe...
New hires and volunteers who work with children at Penn State University will have to undergo background checks under enhance...
State officials say they have reached a new, four-year labor agreement with their unionized liquor store workers.The Pennsylv...
The union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has suspended negotiations with the ...
More than a million Pennsylvania women can count on their health insurance policies to cover a host of services under new pro...
A tentative recovery plan for the financially struggling city of Scranton includes a commuter tax and increased contributions...
Unions representing hundreds of workers have reached a settlement for back wages owed from earlier this month when the cash-s...
Blair County court and court-related employees will attend a training session next week to teach them how to deal with the pu...
Blair County court and court-related employees will attend a training session next week to teach them how to deal with the pu...
State Senator John Eichelberger will be host a town hall meeting in Blair County this week.Town hall meetings are open to the...
Hiring in Pennsylvania is on the rise, but overall employment remained relatively stagnant for a fourth straight month.The st...
The Blair County Commissioners are promoting 11 part-time corrections officers to full-time in order to settle a class-action...
The New York-based credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has slapped a lower rating on Pennsylvania's debt ...
The Spanish wind-turbine manufacturer Gamesa plans to furlough 73 workers at its Cambria County plant later this year.Gamesa ...
Even though Jerry Sandusky is in jail for sexually abusing ten boys, he's likely to keep his 59-thousand-dollar state pen...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system says it won't be able to say if Jerry Sandusky will lose his retirement...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District has passed a new budget – without a tax increase.School board members voted 6-3 ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and top Republican state lawmakers have an agreement on a nearly $27.7-billion spending plan...
A bill to require contractors on public construction projects in Pennsylvania to verify the Social Security numbers of their ...
The James E. Van Zandt Medical Center plans to hire 10 additional mental health staff as part of a national push to offer mor...
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania held steady last month even as the U.S. jobless rate rose slightly.The state Department...
Hollidaysburg School District officials are pushing for a 2-mill tax increase when the board adopts its 2012-13 budget next w...
Pennsylvania state government now has the authority to make one of its largest, if not its largest, bond issues ever as it lo...
Blair County Treasurer Jim Carouthers has retained an Altoona attorney to represent his office.The Commissioners approved the...
A major bill to pay off Pennsylvania's nearly $4-billion unemployment compensation debt to the federal government is ...
Administrative, professional and other non-union employees of the Altoona Area School District will be getting a pay increase...
A Blair County School District is getting a budget concession from its teachers.The Williamsburg Community school district&rs...
Penelec is closing several regional offices and consolidating the work into its Altoona service center.First Energy spokesman...
A battle may be brewing between a Blair County elected official and the board of commissioners.Treasurer James Carouthers say...
Joe Paterno earned a state pension of $13.4-million for his 61-year coaching career at Penn State.Paterno's family an...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
A top state senator says the government needs to consider reducing the future benefits of employees to help soften a massive ...
Valley View Nursing Home is looking for a few good nurses.Salary Board members voted this week to hire several licensed pract...
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania dropped slightly last month as more people found work, but the overall size of payrolls...
Allegheny One Elementary School will close at the end of the current school year.Hollidaysburg School Board members voted 8-0...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District is holding the line on taxes next year.School board members voted 6-2 last night to in...
Dozens of people gathered at the James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center on Wednesday for a 2K Walk and Roll event to support a p...
Last night the Spring Cove School Board voted unanimously to hire Robert Vadella to take over as the district’s superin...
Blair County leaders are again ready to crack down on compensatory time.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti says the situation has ...
The U.S. Department of Labor has notified Pennsylvania that the state’s declining unemployment rate is too low to autho...
The Hollidaysburg Area School District has hired a new business manager.Thomas Kalinyak will replace Sam Wilson, who will ret...
Logan Township has hired a new police officer.Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Cory Roland to the force. Rol...
Blair County officials have extended their contract by one year with the company that manages Valley View Nursing Home.County...
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania dropped slightly last month as payrolls expanded by almost 8,000 jobs.The state Departm...
Blair County officials have hired a new human resources director.Katherine Swigart was officially named to the position on Tu...
Altoona Area School District board members voted 7-2 Tuesday night to give full-time employees a July 5th holiday.But the mov...
Penn State is starting a professional training program designed for employees to recognize and report instances of child abus...
Governor Tom Corbett says Pennsylvanians upset over rising school taxes should demand explanations from their local school bo...
Blair County Salary Board members have tabled requests from three juvenile probation office managers asking for $150 per-...
The Blair County Commissioners will pay a former long-time assistant district attorney $25,000 to settle a civil lawsuit ...
Altoona Area School district officials say that no matter what course of action they take, nothing will do much to solve the ...
As debate continues on whether prevailing wages in Pennsylvania cost taxpayers more than they should on public construction p...
Four of the nine Republicans recently sentenced in a public-corruption case were forced to forfeit state pensions besides ser...
Logan Township will hire two police officers at their April 12th meeting.The supervisors said Thursday they interviewed six f...
The Altoona Water Authority’s employee pension plan remains on relatively solid ground.Board members on Thursday review...
Pennsylvania's payrolls expanded at the fastest rate in two years in February.The state Department of Labor and Industry ...
Altoona City Council learned first-hand Wednesday night some of the challenges that exist once a municipality enters the stat...
As the City of Altoona looks at the ACT 47 Financial Recovery Program, possible solutions to the city’s financial probl...
Altoona Area School District school board has passed a resolution calling for prevailing wage reform.Board members voted Mond...
A faulty heater is to blame for a smoky fire Monday morning that forced the evacuation of a Portage health clinic.Firefighter...
A national organization says public pensions are drowning local municipalities financially and leaving taxpayers on the hook ...
Pennsylvania's pension systems for state employees and school employees are reporting positive investment returns for 201...
Blair County officials have reached a new, three-year deal with their union representing registered nurses at Valley View Nur...
The woman at center of a national debate over whether or not employers should be required to provide contraception coverage a...
Pennsylvania's employment picture continues to brighten, as the rate fell in January to 7.6-percent.It's the fourth s...
Advocates for the disabled in Pennsylvania say they are worried about the ability of some Medicaid recipients to hire home-ba...
State Democratic senators are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top public welfare official over the administration'...
Altoona City officials say they would have to layoff 40 employees in 2012 just to make up for a projected $1.6-millon bud...
The Blair County Commissioners say they can expect to save an additional $250,000 by taking on a higher deductible in the...
U.S. Senator Bob Casey, as a member of the payroll conference committee and the lead sponsor of the original payroll legislat...
The Blair County Commissioners have designated Friday, February 24th as “Jeans & Teams Day” in Blair County.That&...
A Blair County man has been charged with allegedly selling off equipment owned by his employer.State Police said Monday that ...
Pennsylvania's working class carries the burden of Governor Corbett's latest budget proposal, according to union lead...
The Blair County Commissioners are beginning a search for a new human resources director.County leaders held a special Salary...
Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians will be able to collect federally funded unemployment benefits through early March.Govern...
State Senator John Eichelberger says the 2012-13 budget proposed by Governor Corbett is an important step in the right direct...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved a 5.7 percent decrease in overall workers’ compensation costs that w...
Blair County officials say the number of workers compensation and work loss claims have fallen more than 70-percent over the ...
A bill that would update Pennsylvania law to ensure residents continue to qualify for up to 13 weeks of federally paid jobles...
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped for the third straight month in December and payrolls expanded slightly.The state De...
Altoona City Council held an informational work session Wednesday night to learn more about the state’s ACT 47 Program,...
Altoona Area School District superintendent Dr. Dennis Murray says putting together the district’s 2012-13 budget will ...
Penn State University plans to post online the compensation for a Washington attorney serving as a legal adviser to the unive...
Altoona School District officials interviewed Tyrone Football Coach John Franco for their head football coach position on Wed...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is ordering a pay freeze for top state employees, including himself. Corbett spokesman Kevi...
General Electric Co.'s transportation unit has announced plans to spend about $72 million to build a diesel engine plant ...
Get ready to dig a little deeper into your pocket to pay for your sewer bill.Altoona Water Authority board members voted on t...
A bill that would refinance Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation's multibillion-dollar debt to the federal government is ...
Blair County employees will no longer be allowed to smoke in county-owned vehicles. And those who drive them must now undergo...
A new survey places Altoona among the safest small-town communities in the country.According to the survey from the Farmers I...
Blair County’s professional and non-union workers will get a 3-percent pay increase in 2012.The salary adjustments were...
Some big scheduling changes are coming to Blair County’s 911 Center.Salary Board members heard a proposal from director...
Sheriff’s Deputies in Blair County will see a hefty pay bump beginning next year.Salary Board members on Monday agreed ...
Staff members in Blair County’s district magistrate offices are getting a pay increase at the beginning of the year. Sa...
Logan Township has reached a new, three-year agreement with its police union.Details of the contract released Thursday night ...
The state Department of Labor and Industry has released the latest unemployment numbers.Blair County's unemployment rate fell...
Twenty-one thousand public sector jobs in Pennsylvania have gone away in the last year, and a new report says it's been a maj...
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped in October for the first time in five months while payrolls expanded slightly.The st...
Nurses at state prisons across Pennsylvania are planning informational pickets to express opposition to a proposal they say c...
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is in line for a pension of more than $550,000 a year. Paterno’s pensi...
Following a record-breaking third quarter Norfolk Southern Corporation is planning to increase its workforce by 500 employees...
“High Unemployment Period” Extended Benefits are now available in Pennsylvania.The U.S. Department of Labor recen...
Blair County maintenance workers are making a last minute change to a Freedom Township polling station.Voter Registration spo...
The unions representing Scranton's police and fire unions say they're willing to work out a payment plan with city officials ...
The Altoona Area School District will continue to offer incentives to employees who are eligible to retire as a way to reduce...
The City of Altoona will run out of reserve funds by the end of 2012.Finance Director Omar Strohm told city council Wednesday...
A new Pennsylvania state law that overhauls criminal history disclosure rules for all public and private school employees als...
The City of Altoona has received an extra $900,000 from the state towards its annual pension fund contribution. Officials...
A state office in Altoona has fallen victim to ongoing budget cuts.A Department of Revenue spokesperson says its Howard Avenu...
Blair County ended 2010 with a $4-million fund balance.That’s according to the findings released Tuesday in the cou...
Postal workers across Pennsylvania staged rallies Tuesday afternoon.The workers visited Congress members' home offices, hopin...
Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate are offering a revised plan to create jobs after the state's unemployment rate rose from...
Postal employees will hold a rally in Blair County on Tuesday.The “Save America’s Postal Service” event wil...
A Blair County printing business is shuttering its doors.Workers say the Canan Station Print Shoppe will close by the end of ...
A three-year collective bargaining agreement covering over 1,500 unionized turnpike workers is set to expire September 30th.T...
Pennsylvania's state fiscal watchdog says he can't tell whether $5.2-million in cash welfare benefits was spent legally b...
Blair County officials have voted to raise the starting wages for new 911 telecommunication hires. Salary Board members voted...
Valley View Nursing Home’s new physical therapy provider will be allowed to hire employees from the outgoing company.Bl...
Representatives from the United States Small Business Administration are recognizing a Blair County company for its recent gr...
Unemployment rates continue to rise in the region.Figures released by the state Department of Labor and Industry show that Bl...
State Police say a Bedford County church was cheated out of thousands of dollars by a roofing repair company.Troopers say the...
Altoona City officials say they will forego any firefighter layoffs the rest of 2011 – despite looming budget difficult...
Altoona City Council honored seven employees Wednesday night for their recent military service in Iraq and Afghanistan. City ...
Blair County Salary Board members say proposed pay increases for 20 clerical workers in the county’s six Magisterial Di...
Verizon workers in Blair County are among the tens of thousands of Verizon Communications employees nationwide who are on str...
A local program that was hit hard by spending cuts in the new state budget has been given a reprieve.Due to a lack of funding...
Bad news for the local workers. Blair County’s June unemployment numbers were up.State Department of Labor and Industry...
The Blair County Commissioners have voted to switch physical therapy providers at Valley View Nursing Home. Sundance Rehabili...
Could some more salary increases be in the works for Blair County employees?Salary board members are in the process of mullin...
The Altoona Regional Health System and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have reached a new, t...
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is toasting a banner year for liquor and wine sales.The board reported Tuesday that sal...
The Altoona Police Department has issued three new badges.Chief Janice Freehling led a swearing-in ceremony Thursday at the A...
Tentative contracts covering 55,000 state employees would cost taxpayers an additional $164-million over four years. Gove...
Pennsylvania's education secretary says he's dismayed so few school districts are taking up Governor Tom Corbett's challenge ...
About 40 members of a state-employee union chanted and carried signs outside the governor's residence, demanding a fair contr...
Four Altoona City workers have taken an early retirement buyout.Manager Joe Weakland said Wednesday night that two employees ...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is trying to reach agreement on new contracts with 17 state employee unions in the...
State House Republicans are advancing a bill designed to prevent thousands of Pennsylvanians from losing jobless benefits, bu...
The Altoona Area School District is set to adopt its 2011-12 budget later this month. Board president James Walstrom tells WR...
The Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court on Monday to take a new look at a Pennsylvania city's crackdown on illegal ...
Pomp and Circumstance will ring out loud in Altoona tonight.The Altoona Area High School will graduate 530 seniors at their c...
Logan Township will soon be paying more for healthcare coverage beginning in June. Supervisors accepted a 6-percent premium i...
An audit of Logan Township’s finances for 2010 revealed no major findings.Township supervisors got a look at the report...
A Republican-sponsored bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation system is stalled in the state House of Repr...
More teachers in Blair County have agreed to a wage freeze.The move Monday by the Bellwood-Antis Education Association is the...
The Altoona Area School District has reached a new, two-year agreement with its teacher’s union.Board members voted una...
Employees in the Hollidaysburg Area School District represented by the AFSCME Council 83 union have agreed to take a pay free...
A one year freeze on wages has been okayed by the Altoona Area School District's teachers union.Published reports say the he ...
An agreement reached between the Claysburg-Kimmel school board and the Claysburg-Kimmel Education Association will help that ...
Altoona Area School District board members introduced a no tax increase budget at their meeting last night.The tentative $...
Two more Altoona Area School District employee groups have agreed to a wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year.Board members ...
Altoona City Manager Joe Weakland was back at work in city hall on Wednesday, just 12 hours after a contentious council meeti...
The Hollidaysburg Area Education Association and at least one district official apparently launched an effort to encourage WR...
Altoona City Council said Tuesday that there are no definite plans in place yet to layoff city workers because of an ongoing ...
Teachers in the Hollidaysburg Area School District are taking a pay freeze for the 2011-12 school year in exchange for the pr...
Teachers in the Hollidaysburg Area School District have agreed to a wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year. The district&rsq...
A familiar sight is beginning to return to Pennsylvania’s highways – those pesky, orange construction barrels. An...
A Duncansville man is facing charges after he allegedly broke into a local restaurant over the weekend.23 year old Ryan Moore...
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