Local history 50 years ago: 1974 Terri McCoy was chosen as Altoona Salvation Army Sunbeam Guide of the Year in ceremonies at the SA Citadel. Mrs. Ivan Glass was director of the Sunbeam youth group. 25 years ago: 1999 The Keystone Chapter of the Antique Truck Club of America, Terry Alexander and Blair Hileman members, […]
Small businesses are the engine of the local economy and account for 86% of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s membership, said Chamber President/CEO Joe Hurd. According to Hurd, the chamber considers small businesses as those with 50 or fewer employees. Part of the chamber’s goal is to help these businesses grow and flourish, but […]
Three-term incumbent State Rep. Jim Gregory will likely not be serving a fourth term. Based on unofficial vote counts that don’t include write-ins, Gregory fell behind in Tuesday’s Republican primary to former pastor and radio station operator Scott Barger, whose campaign focused on a failed arrangement Gregory made last year with a Democrat that allegedly […]
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