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HARRISBURG - Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a $1.3 billion election year revenue package that hinges on a $1-per-pack cigarette tax increase to balance the state's deficit-riddled budget and avert a lawsuit and a bond downgrade.

No central Pennsylvania Giant or Martin's grocery stores are affected by an agreement by Delhaize Group and Ahold to sell 86 U.S. stores.
The sales are part of the plan for the two companies to merge. The stores being sold are where U.S.

United Way of Blair County handed out $300,000 in impact award grants to county programs on Tuesday.

City Council may soon consider revising the ordinance that regulates transient businesses, peddlers and soliciting in hopes of enhancing protection for residents.

Last month, a Cambria County judge struck down a restrictive housing ordinance in Gallitzin.
Tonight, Borough Council will decide whether to appeal the decision or perhaps attempt to create a new law to keep drugs out of its town.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County's first public meeting since the mailing of reassessment notices started with the scolding of commissioners by an older property owner who complained about the lack of parking near the courthouse and the daytime hour of...

HARRISBURG - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had "a football season to worry about," according to...

CRESSON - A Cresson resident argued for expanding availability at the borough's community center Monday, as council pushed back that other sites already are available.

Most City Council members aren't enthusiastic, but council soon may consider an update of the sidewalk ordinance that could nudge the city towards walkability.
Members discussed the issue at a recent strategic planning meetin.