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A decision whether to outsource alternative education services to a nonprofit or maintain the district's own program at the William P. Kimmel Alternative School has to be made before the start of the school year on Aug. 29.

DelGrosso Foods expansion reviewed
Blair County Planning Commission members Thursday gave a favorable review to an expansion project at DelGrosso Foods Inc.

PORTAGE - After months of work, a drug and alcohol addiction treatment center at 123 Main St. is ready to open its doors Monday morning.

As a businessman in Northern Cambria, Harold "Hal" Hoover, 75, was known for his outgoing personality and willingness to talk with anyone.

Police officers drove slowly up a dead-end road, looking out for an unusual suspect reported lurking Friday in the area of South Fifth Stree.

A decision whether to outsource alternative education services to a nonprofit or maintain the district's own program at the William P. Kimmel Alternative School has to be made before the start of the school year on Aug. 29.

EBENSBURG - Cambria County officials on Thursday accepted close to $9,000 in state grant funds for monitoring mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus.

An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale used a razor blade to cut another inmate around his throat sometime Wednesday.
Gary Teet, 49, used a 1.

Local Democrats are set to join Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as she stops in Johnstown this weekend.
Blair County Democratic Party Chair Gillian Kratzer said Clinton is expected to hold an event in Johnstown.

PHILADELPHIA - Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, steeled for a volatile world by decades in politics that have left some Americans skeptical of her characte.