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EBENSBURG - A local developer has offered storage space to county officials looking for a place to transfer decades' worth of public record.

State Rep. Frank Burns, D-Johnstown, said he is again asking local officials to consider a tax-free zone at the closed Cresson state prison after the state lowered its asking price.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County property owners unhappy with the newest value assigned to their properties through the county's reassessment project have started to turn to the court system for help.

CHEST SPRINGS - About 80 Cambria County Farm Bureau members gathered Wednesday night at St. Monica Church to discuss policy impacting area farmers and to propose their own resolution.

An Altoona woman faces charges after police say she broke into her mother's apartment and attacked a man with a machete.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Virginia man has been acquitted on two firearm possession charges after telling a jury that he knew nothing about the loaded handgun found in a car in which he was riding.

A fight Tuesday evening in Altoona put two teenagers in the hospital with stab wounds and another behind bars.
Matthew R. Sanderlin, 18, of 415 Crawford Av.

UPMC has sued a Cleveland firm, alleging that an actuarial employee "vastly" understated the pension liability of the hospital that is now UPMC Altoona.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - An Altoona man accused a year ago of selling cocaine has been convicted of two counts of possession and acquitted of related charges of criminal conspiracy, possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communication...

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County commissioners will consider the purchase of replacement window blinds for the tall windows in Courtroom 2 where contractors are beginning to work on sash restoration efforts.