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Blair County officials say 97-percent of the former workers at Valley View Nursing Home have been retained by its new owner.C...
Blair County’s ownership of Valley View Nursing Home is coming to an end.County leaders on Tuesday agreed to set up an ...
Blair County officials will draft a policy to allow its Tax Claim Bureau to strike real estate taxes on mobile homes claimed ...
The sale of Valley View Nursing Home is set to close at the end of the month.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti said Tuesday that ...
The director of Blair County’s Probation and Parole Department says plans to open a satellite office in Altoona have be...
The director of Blair County’s Probation and Parole Department says plans to open a satellite office in Altoona have be...
Blair County officials are extending their deal with Affinity Healthcare Management until the new owners take control of Vall...
The Blair County Commissioners will meet Thursday in a special meeting to formally vote on the legal documents associated wit...
The Blair County Commissioners have voted to sell Valley View Nursing Home.Reliant Senior Care of Philadelphia submitted the ...
Today could be the beginning of the end for Blair County’s ownership of Valley View Nursing Home.County leaders are exp...
A vote to sell Valley View Nursing Home to a private operator will likely occur next week.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti said ...
Blair County’s Valley View Nursing Home may have a new owner as soon as tomorrow.Final bids for the facility are due at...
An abandoned city building that’s been an eyesore and public safety nuisance for years is now one-step closer to being ...
And then there were five.That’s how many potential buyers are left for Blair County’s Valley View Nursing Home. C...
Blair County has received offer’s ranging from $12-million to $16.1-million from nine applicants interested in ...
Blair County is facing its own pension crisis.A report released Tuesday by Commissioner Terry Tomassetti and finance director...
Blair County officials are moving closer to a potential sale of Valley View Home.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti said Tuesday t...
Property reassessment and the possible sale of the Valley View Home and surrounding land were two topics addressed by Blair C...
A report regarding Valley View Home’s unfunded pension obligation was offered up at Tuesday’s Blair County Commis...
Blair County Commissioner Terry Tomassetti says he believes a broker has already received around 35 inquiries into the sale o...
Concerns continue about Blair County leaders proposed sale of Valley View Nursing Home.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti says a n...
Blair County Commissioners are expected to hear from concerned Valley View Home employees on Tuesday, November 27th.Commissio...
Blair County Commissioners continue to examine the possibility of selling Valley View Nursing Home.Commissioner Terry Tomasse...
When the last big weekend of the summer wraps up, the campaign season will hit high gear in anticipation of the November Elec...
We don’t know who will be filling an open judicial seat in Blair County next year but we do know that it won’t be...
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 ...
Blair County’s Tax Assessment Office is about to undergo a major technological upgrade.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti sa...
Blair County leaders say property tax collections for 2012 are lagging behind previous years.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti:To...
Blair County leaders say their property tax collections for 2012 are lagging behind previous years. Commissioner Terry Tomass...
Blair County officials say the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal and the NCAA sanctions against Penn St...
Blair County officials have sold the plot of land that used to house the former Eagle’s Building in Downtown Altoona.Th...
A local contractor has been chosen for Blair County’s new security upgrade.Bettwy Electric in Newry will install 30 sec...
The Blair County Commissioners have set a July 16th deadline to accept bids for a vacant lot in downtown Altoona.County leade...
The Blair County Commissioners are selling the Downtown Altoona property that use to house the former Eagle’s Building....
Blair County property owners owe nearly $5-million in delinquent property taxes for 2011.Tax Claim Bureau records show &#...
The Blair County Commissioners are planning for a 10-percent budget cut in social and human services from Harrisburg.Commissi...
A battle may be brewing between a Blair County elected official and the board of commissioners.Treasurer James Carouthers say...
Blair County taxpayers shelled-out more than $120,000 to prosecute and convict Nicholas Horner on double murder charges.A...
The Blair County Arts Foundation has received a financial boost thanks to the Blair County Commissioners.Terry Tomassetti, Di...
Blair County officials are in talks with the Inter-Municipal Relations Committee and its four governing communities to possib...
The Blair County Commissioners have voted to back a new $25 cremation fee.Coroner Patty Ross had asked that the charge be...
Blair County leaders are again ready to crack down on compensatory time.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti says the situation has ...
Some Blair County Courthouse offices will soon be on the move.County leaders on Tuesday discussed their plans to relocate som...
The Blair County Commissioners say they are pleased with the way the county prison staff brought a quick end to a drug smuggl...
Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross is asking the board to enable her office to collect a $25 cremation fee as a way to ra...
Blair County officials have extended their contract by one year with the company that manages Valley View Nursing Home.County...
Blair County officials have hired a new human resources director.Katherine Swigart was officially named to the position on Tu...
The Blair County Commissioners will pay a former long-time assistant district attorney $25,000 to settle a civil lawsuit ...
Two Blair County Commissioners will travel to Harrisburg next week for the Spring Conference of the County Commissioners Asso...
Blair County officials say they hope to have the county’s new Central Booking Center opened within the next two months....
The Blair County Prison has been reimbursed nearly $85,000 from a fund put in place to help cover inmate medical expenses...
The Blair County Commissioners are moving forward with plans to impose an impact fee on Marcellus Shale drilling.County leade...
It’s that time of the year again….Blair County property tax bills are being mailed out this week.County assessor...
The Blair County Commissioners say their new Central Booking Center could open as early as June.Commissioner Terry Tomassetti...
The Blair County Commissioners say they can expect to save an additional $250,000 by taking on a higher deductible in the...
The Blair County Commissioners say they are moving forward with plans to establish a day reporting center within the City of ...
The Blair County Commissioners are hiring anarchitect to assist in their plans to move some offices around inside the courtho...
The Blair County Commissioners are beginning a search for a new human resources director.County leaders held a special Salary...
The Blair County Commissioners say they will begin this week examining the finite details in Governor Tom Corbett’s 201...
Three local companies are leading candidates for distributing Blair County’s 2012 property tax bills.Commissioner Terry...
A former Blair County Commissioner has again been honored by her former peers.Commissioners Terry Tomassetti, Diane Meling an...
Blair County officials say the number of workers compensation and work loss claims have fallen more than 70-percent over the ...
Two of Blair County’s current commissioners say they don’t take issue with the Altoona Curve’s decision to ...
Another battle over the accessed value of a local shopping center is brewing.The Blair County Commissioners agreed Thursday t...
Controller Richard Peo is finally getting his new computer accounting program but its approval didn’t come without some...
The Blair County Commissioners will now share the responsibilities of overseeing the county’s three major social servic...
The Blair County Commissioners say contingency plans put into place by the county’s EMA director paid off on Christmas ...
It was an emotional goodbye Tuesday for Blair County’s longest-serving elected official. Commissioner Donna Gority pres...
Blair County’s professional and non-union workers will get a 3-percent pay increase in 2012.The salary adjustments were...
The Blair County Commissioners will borrow just $3-million in 2012 to help cover expenses until tax dollars and state rei...
Staff members in Blair County’s district magistrate offices are getting a pay increase at the beginning of the year. Sa...
The Blair County Commissioners say the installation of their $400-thousand phone system is moving along on schedule. Comm...
The Blair County Commissioners say they now have the cash on hand to complete the county’s 911 narrow-banding project. ...
An ongoing property tax dispute between the owners of the Logan Valley Mall and three local taxing bodies has come to an unex...
Tuesday was Election Day and here are results from some key races.With the announced retirement of Donna Gority, it was assur...
All eyes will be on the race for Blair County Commissioner today. Republican incumbents Terry Tomassetti and Diane Meling are...
Blair County officials released new details Tuesday of their plans for a $12.5-million bond issue. The spending was outli...
The Blair County Commissioners have selected M&T Securities to help the county secure financing for an expensive 911 upgrade ...
The Blair County Commissioners are mulling over a plan that would relocate several departments to new locations inside the co...
Blair County ended 2010 with a $4-million fund balance.That’s according to the findings released Tuesday in the cou...
Three candidates for Blair County Commissioner met in Downtown Altoona Tuesday night to debate a wide-variety of issues. More...
Blair County leaders say they will likely issue bonds to pay for their narrow-banding 911 communications upgrade project. Fin...
The Blair County Commissioners will exonerate property taxes on mobile homes that have been damaged or dilapidated beyond rep...
More than two dozen Blair County commercial property owners are appealing their real estate tax assessments. The appeal deadl...
The Blair County Commissioners will hire a commercial appraiser to contest the value of the Logan Valley Mall. County leaders...
Blair County taxpayers may be stuck paying for another expensive demolition project in the City of Altoona. City officials sa...
Blair County Commissioners are moving forward with an expensive technological upgrade to the county’s 911 communication...
A Blair County Commissioner has received a top award from a respected statewide association. Commissioner Donna Gority has be...
Blair County officials have voted to sell a piece of vacant property in city despite objections from the Altoona Area School ...
County prisons are getting somerelief when it comes to the cost of covering medical expenses for inmates. Commissioner Terry ...
Blair County’s 911 Center is in need of multi-million dollar equipment upgrade to stay compliant with changing Federal ...
Blair County officials say the state is making good on a funding promise, albeit two years late.County leaders said Tuesday t...
Blair County Salary Board members approved nearly $97-thousand in overtime compensation for the month of May.An expense r...
Pennsylvania counties may soon get some much needed help when it comes to recovering some of the costs associated with keepin...
The Blair County Commissioners are mulling a plan to spend $400-thouand to upgrade their phone system.Representatives fro...
Two more Blair County support programs could be eliminated because of proposed state budget cuts in Harrisburg. County leader...
The Blair County Commissioner’s race is set for this fall.Republican incumbents Terry Tomassetti and Diane Meling will ...
More than two dozen voters got a change to hear directly from the three Republican candidates for Blair County Commissioner d...
The Blair County Republican Women will hold an event tonight to give Republican voters a chance to meet and hear from their c...
The Blair County Commissioners adopted a new firearms and training policy Tuesday for the county’s sheriff’s depa...
A bill moving through the Pennsylvania House of Representatives could soon make it less expensive for counties to seek bids f...
Some Blair County school students have been recognized for their efforts to promote recycling.County leaders honored the top ...
A candidate for Blair County Commissioner says someone stole her campaign signs in broad daylight.Bobby Ellenberger-Yoder is ...
Blair County officials say they continue to support the idea of keeping Valley View Nursing Home a county-owned facility.Thei...
Blair County officials have hired a new engineering firm to oversee and inspect their bridges.County officials on Tuesday app...
