From Mirror staff reports HARRISBURG Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Centre and Huntingdon counties are expected to benefit from the release of $204 million in federal funding for projects aimed at closing the digital divide and expanding reliable high-speed internet access in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority announced Thursday that it approved Broadband Infrastructure Program […]
Officials in mountainous central Pennsylvania say they know how to get long-awaited high-speed internet to all their constituents, but government and industry are standing in the way.
In the coming months, the Blair County Hazardous Mitigation Committee will be surveying county residents in hopes of identifying problems that ought to be solved to make the community safer. The survey is part of an update of the county’s hazard mitigation plan, required every five years, committee Chairman and Blair Planning Director Dave McFarland […]
Blair Planning and Alleghenies Broadband Inc. will hold four public meetings this month to help identify gaps in broadband and cellphone service in Blair County, so they can target grants to help fill those areas. They want to know where reliable internet or cellphone service isn’t available due to lack of adequate infrastructure; they want […]
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