Hollidaysburg News

A mass immunization effort is underway in Blair County as the Altoona and Hollidaysburg Area School Districts are giving students the swine flu vaccine.

Lejla Allison had survived three years in wartorn Bosnia when she decided she wanted to die.

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, sent a letter to Gov. Ed Rendell urging him to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to reopen Scotland School for Veterans Children.

Election Day has come and gone, and changes are in store in Blair County and surrounding parts.

The Blair County Tea Party Steering Committee is considering transforming the organization into a legal entity due to its rapid momentum and rising popularity in Blair County.

OPERATION S.O.S. is kicking off its 6th annual campaign to help make the Christmas season a little brighter for American troops who are stationed overseas.

Pete Dutrow may be from Hollidaysburg, but he bleeds black and orange and continues his winning record of public service.

After years of fundraising and acquiring land, plans are in place for groundbreaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville.

The Johnstown native charged with killing two people and wounding a third was given court permission Thursday to fire his attorney and retain a new one.

A two-day festival highlighted the impact of the Penn State Altoona campus to the region, as well as the local community support the school has received and appreciated for more than seven decades.

Crime units from the state police are investigating a fatal shooting in a wooded and desolate hunting area near the Union-Rush township border.

Crime units from the state police are investigating a fatal shooting in a wooded area near the Union-Rush township border.

By Mark Leberfinger, mleberfinger@altoonamirror.com and Amanda Clegg, A State College man is under investigation for allegedly falsely claiming he was assaulted by four Logan Township police officers last year at the Blair County Prison, state police at Hollidaysburg said Friday.

Seven D Industries of Hollidaysburg has been recognized as a 2009 Waste Watcher, a statewide award.

The Antrim Township Board of Supervisors wants to take care of the Martin's Mill Covered Bridge.

Borough residents may experience discolored water for the remainder of today and into Monday as a result of a water main break in the 600 block of Blair Street.

Anew retirement community with as many as 160 units is being planned for southern Richland Township.

Hollidaysburg Area High School senior Hanna Vipond is looking at money a bit differently since taking a finance-focused elective at school.

State police are investigating a homicide-suicide that took place sometime between Sunday morning and Wednesday morning at a residence on Route 259 near Bolivar.

One of Cambria County's smallest communities has turned out to be a big winner with federal money headed its way to boost its police department.