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The city is advertising for bids to demolish a derelict former church that a city official last year called the most dangerous building in the city.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - The Blair County Salary Board has rejected the district attorney's request to increase the salaries of his department's victim/witness assistants, a request based on a $300,000 federal grant that would cover the cost.

An augmented reality mobile game, "Pokemon Go," is taking the area by storm.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Blair County property owners will have a chance on Tuesday to ask questions and offer comments about the ongoing reassessment project, the first time since notices with new property values were recently mailed.

A few dozen motorcycles crowded the back portion of a parking lot Sunday morning at the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Hall.
About an hour later, the pack more than doubled in size, and, by 11:30 a..

At 17 years old, driving still may seem relatively new, but for one local teen, it's old enough to fl.

A local environmental activist has challenged the Intermunicipal Relations Committee to muster the "political courage" to scrap the collection of trash and recyclables by private subscription in Altoona, Logan Township and Hollidaysburg in favor of...

As a nine-year-old Cub Scout, Joe Keirn handed out programs during the 1945 dedication of a monument to honor his neighborhood's World War II veteran.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Blair County judge has awarded 14 days credit to a convicted drug dealer serving a 10-to-20-year prison sentence, far less than the nearly nine months credit the dealer sought.

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Blair County judge has awarded 14 days credit to a convicted drug dealer serving a 10-to-20-year prison sentence, far less than the nearly nine months credit the dealer sought.