Until recently, Penn State Altoona’s Rail Transportation Engineering students have had to go to Curry Rail Services in Hollidaysburg for “lab” classes to work on a non-operational diesel locomotive donated by Norfolk Southern and stored at Curry. Now those students need only walk from their regular classrooms downtown across the pedestrian bridge to the roundhouse […]
The Blair County branch of the NAACP marked its 100 year anniversary at its “Freedom Fighter Gala” last week in Altoona. The activist group said in the future, it’s planning to take a more direct approach in shaping legislation and holding public officials accountable through litigation.
Residents of Wehnwood near Penn State Altoona are upset about regular outdoor partying by college students on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, featuring dr
The front page of the Sept. 28 Wall Street Journal featured a photo with the following message above it: “371: A space odyssey ends for NASA astronaut.”
Chancellor Ron Darbeau has been on the Penn State Altoona campus for nine months striving to make a difference in the lives of students, the community and his f